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The best of Thursday in the Commons and the Lords with Alicia McCarthy, including coverage of a lively meeting of the Treasury committee.

MPs have been challenging the Chancellor George Osborne over his welfare cutbacks and his experience of food banks. Alicia McCarthy covers a lively meeting of the Treasury committee.
Also on the programme:
* MPs remember the Piper Alpha disaster of 1988.
* Rachel Byrne reports on claims that security firms have over-charged the taxpayer millions of pounds
* Keith Macdougall covers a Lords debate on the financial options for the future of the National Health Service .
* Simon Jones reports on the controversial downgrading of a hospital that calls itself the birthplace of the NHS.

28 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 Jul 2013 08:31

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  • Fri 12 Jul 2013 08:31

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