08/01/2015
Susan Hulme and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's parliamentary team report as MPs call for an inquiry into the collapse at Christmas of delivery firm City Link. And peers discuss social mobility.
The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, says there could be an inquiry into the collapse of the parcel delivery firm, City Link.
The move follows calls from Labour after the company folded on Christmas Eve, with the loss of well over two thousand jobs.
MPs debate the funding of higher education and UK relations with Spain in the on-going dispute over Gibraltar.
The House of Lords looks at what action is needed to tackle the problem of deprivation and increase social mobility.
Susan Hulme and team report on today's events in Parliament.
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