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Radio 4,01 Jul 2025,45 mins
Where does last-minute welfare climbdown leave government's authority?
The World TonightAvailable for over a year
Chaos and confusion as the government gets its welfare bill through a key parliamentary hurdle. But at what price? We speak to an MP who backed the government - and one who voted against it. Also on the programme: After a popular Gaza seafront cafe is badly damaged in a deadly Israeli air strike, we hear from one of its regulars. And from fleeing bombs in Ukraine, to serving aces at Wimbledon - the teenage tennis prodigy hoping to be the new Andy Murray.
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