A taxing week
As usual on Fridays, I shall leave you in the more than capable hands of my co-presenter Anita Anand.
This was the week that all three main political parties offered to see us through these tough times.
We'll find out the true extent of the government's plans in the in ten days' time.
But are tax cuts, speedier spending and deeper debt really going to pull us out of the recession? And which party is striking the right tune?
After a grim week when we discovered the truly horrific details of and , we look at the state of our childcare services.
Also: can Gordon Brown really save the global financial system when he meets other world leaders in ?
So, on today's programme we'll have:
• leader of the Liberal Democrats, ;
• Ian Johnson, Chief Executive of the ;
• leading Westminster journalist of the Times and , director of the think tank, Demos;
• and, as ever, we'll have our Friday run-down of what's up and what's down in the political charts.
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