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Radio 4,09 Nov 2013,28 mins

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Sue Cameron of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster. This week the programme examines how Ed Miliband's ideas on the cost of living crisis are resonating with voters, getting the public involved in law making, the hazards faced by MPs who do not toe the party line, and spending taxpayers' money wisely - plus the power of political cartoons. With MPs Jesse Norman, Diane Abbott, Peter Lilley, and Richard Bacon, Andrew Hawkins of polling agency ComRes, Richard Heaton, Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office and First Parliamentary Counsel, former senior Whitehall mandarin Sir Richard Mottram, and Dr Tim Benson on the power of political cartoons. The Editor is Marie Jessel.

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