02/01/2013
According to ministers over the past five years, jobless benefits have gone up 20 per cent whereas private sector pay has only risen by 12 per cent. They say it is unfair.
Peter Allen and Anna Foster with the days news and sport. The Government says it's unfair that out of work benefits have risen faster than wages. The issue is likely to dominate the political agenda ahead of a vote at Westminster next week. Peter and Anna look at the argument with MPs from both sides of the Commons chamber. Elsewhere, Thai police say a man's confessed to the shooting dead of a British tourist on the island of Koh Phangan, and what are the worst - or some might say best - continuity mistakes made during some of the big films?
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- Wed 2 Jan 2013 16:0091热爆 Radio 5 Live