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Morning news and current affairs with Justin Wenn and James Naughtie, including:

0750
Ministers have accused two big private security firms, G4S and Serco, of over-charging the Government by "tens of millions of pounds" for tagging criminals. Tom Gash, director of research at the Institute for Government, and Chris Halward, director of professional development at the National Outsourcing Association, discuss news that G4S now faces a possible investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.

0810

The government is to postpone its plans to introduce standardised plain packaging for cigarettes in the UK. Ministers are expected to tell MPs that a decision on the policy has been formally delayed so that more time can be spent examining how similar plans have worked in Australia.

0820
The role played by women at armaments factories in the Second World War is being celebrated in a War Effort exhibition at the Coventry Transport Museum. Penny Summerfield, professor of modern history at Manchester University, looks at whether women's career opportunities were sown by that wartime experiences.