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George Parker of The Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster this week. The government's problems have been gathering like storm clouds culminating in this week's news of an economy back in recession and a minister under siege for his dealings with the Murdoch press. Conservative Andrea Leadsom, one of the government's new intake of eurosceptical MPs, and a former Labour business minister Pat McFadden look at the economic situation, while Lord Tebbit and Lord Reid consider how David Cameron could benefit from some "big hitters" in his party going out to bat for him. Also in the programme the chair of the Treasury Select Committee Andrew Tyrie, talks about the important changes proposed for the Bank of England, and former chancellor Alistair Darling and the SNP's Stewart Hosie get down to the nuts and bolts of how Scottish independence would or would not work. The editor is Marie Jessel.
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