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World Service,20 Oct 2014,18 mins

Can the UK reform one of Europe's founding principles?

World Business Report

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UK Prime Minister David Cameron wants to reform free movement of people within the EU. We ask why the UK wants reform, and whether it will be able to persuade its European partners to play ball. Also in the programme, we profile the French pro-business news channel BFMTV, which is challenging the country's political elites. And we hear from the sci-fi detectives who want to bring pictures from outer space, to a courtroom near you. Plus our regular commentator Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times asks why management ranks are often filled with mediocre people, when graduate trainees are often so brilliant.

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