Insight, analysis and expert debate as key policy makers are challenged on the latest news stories.
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Wed, 20 Aug 14
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Amber Jane Butchartm, a fashion historian and Nicholas Parsons discuss.
Wed, 20 Aug 14
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British extremists are amongst the "most vicious and vociferous fighters" in the Islamic State's (IS) ranks in Syria and Iraq, a jihadism expert has said after a video purporting to show a US journalist James Foley being beheaded by a British-accented IS fighter was placed online.
Wed, 20 Aug 14
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The Foreign Secretary has expressed his "absolute horror at what appears to be a brutal execution" after the release of the video of the beheading of the US journalist James Foley.
Wed, 20 Aug 14
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The Bank of England will publish the minutes of the August meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee. Justin Rowlatte is joined by Peter Warburton who sits on the so-called shadow MPC - a group of economists organised by the think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs .
Tue, 19 Aug 14
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Reporter Sima Kotecha on concerns about the prison system in England and Wales.
Tue, 19 Aug 14
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Tim Vine tells his award winning one-liner, plus a few others, in an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Tue, 19 Aug 14
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Anne Francke from the Chartered Management Institute tells the BBC's Justin Rowlatt about the gender pay gap.
Tue, 19 Aug 14
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Women managers in their 40s earn more than a third less than their male equivalents- an average of £16,680 a year less, according to a survey published today. Justin Rowlatt has the business news.
Mon, 18 Aug 14
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The two brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, are currently aligned in the sky, forming a spectacular "double star" in their closest conjunction since 2000. Dr Caitriona Jackman, a planetary scientist from the University of Southampton discusses.
Mon, 18 Aug 14
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Tom Bateman on how a paedophile advised the Home Office about children's homes.
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