On Tuesday's Phone-In

SHOULD JAIL TERMS OF LESS THAN 12 MONTHS BE SCRAPPED? UK jails are cash strapped and overcrowded and the President of the Prison Governors' Association, Paul Tidball, says there's potential for state prisons "to blow". An estimated 65,000 extra offenders could avoid jail each year if prison sentences of less than a year are ditched. So has the Government's penal policy failed? Should prison be reserved for those of highest risk and would it lead to more people being given longer sentences? Is that a bad thing? Should we build more prisons - that's what the Conservatives think. Call 03700 100 110 or text 81012.

IS THE PUBLIC SECTOR THE RIGHT PLACE TO START MAKING PAY CUTS? Do you have any sympathy with 750,000 of the best paid public sector employees who've been told there'll no pay rise this year? Do judges, senior NHS managers and GPs get paid enough already? How would you like it if the Chancellor said there's no pay rise for you?

ARE YOU FED UP WITH PAYING TOO MUCH TO PARK YOUR CAR? When we've discussed parking on the programme before we've established that nobody likes paying for parking. Some people will walk miles just so they don't have to. Now two friends, fed up with sky-high parking charges, have launched a website listing thousands of free spaces. It include train stations, football grounds and music venues in a hundred towns and cities. How far would you go to avoid paying to park?

Last updated: 06 October 2009