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Susan Hulme reports on Treasury questions where two longstanding adversaries, George Osborne and Ed Balls, are reunited after the summer break.

Susan Hulme and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's parliamentary team report on Treasury questions where two longstanding adversaries, George Osborne and Ed Balls are reunited after the summer break. The Chancellor is taunted over being heckled at the Paralympics and the Shadow Chancellor is mocked for Labour's policy of "pre-distribution".
Also on the programme, the head of the exams watchdog, Ofqual, defends her organisation's role in the grading of this year's English GCSEs, insisting it had played its "proper part".
And the Commons holds a debate on the Government's plans for a universal credit in a major overhaul of the benefits system.

28 minutes

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Wed 12 Sep 2012 08:31

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