08/08/2011

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Duration: 2 hours

Should sexual harrassment laws be changed to curb compensation culture? Tim Watts, chairman of recruitment agency Pertemps thinks so, he won record legal costs against a woman who accused him of sexual harassment. He told Victoria he wants the Government to stop people trying to get rich through big payouts.

Victoria gets the latest reaction from the rioting and looting across London, in particular looking at Brixton - speaking to Labour MP for Streatham Chukka Umunna and Dianne Abbott, MP for Hackney

Plus, a look at the situation with the global economy. And in the Monday music review we listen to the long-awaited release of a joint project by two of the world's biggest hip-hop stars - Jay Z and Kanye West, a new single from Paul Weller, and Nitin Sawhney is in the studio to talk about his forthcoming album Last Days of Meaning.

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