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Radio 4,19 Mar 2013,45 mins

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The day's news, with Ritula Shah. Tonight - the Cypriot parliament votes "no" to the bailout deal, so what does the "troika" do next ? Here - new spending cuts are announced on Budget Eve. Lord Lawson tells us how to unveil a Budget when you've got no money. We're also in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, a town dependent on the defence industry and welfare benefits - what do they want from the Chancellor ? and have the Syrian rebels crossed a "red line" and used chemical weapons ?

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