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"We’ve got to get behind Keir.” Labour's Deputy Leader Lucy Powell tells Today Labour must unite to head off the threat to Reform.
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"It gives great reassurance to people." Jonathan Dimbleby, royal biographer, tells Today why he believes King Charles' message about his cancer treatment will have such a big impact.
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"We need a real sea change in understanding." The government will announce its long-awaited strategy to tackle violence against women and girls next week. Anna Birley, co-founder of Reclaim These Streets, and Harriet Wistrich, founder of the Centre for Women's Justice, speak
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"It is our job to interrogate the bill line by line." Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson explains to @bbcnickrobinson the number of Lords amendments to the Assisted Dying bill.
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"That would be wrong from a democratic perspective when the Commons has voted for it." Kim Leadbeater MP, who introduced the proposals to legalise assisted dying, on the possibility that the bill could fall in the House of Lords.
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The government has announced ÂŁ3bn to improve the provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in mainstream schools. Luke Sibieta, IFS research fellow, asks how the funding will be spent between infrastructure and teacher training.
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“Beautiful kids feeling or being told that they’re thick, stupid or dumb.” @jamieoliver talks emotionally about the challenges facing children with dyslexia. Listen to Radical with @amolrajan on @BBCSounds or watch on @BBCiPlayer
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How far away are flying cars? A new flying ‘electric taxi’ design has been unveiled by tech company Vertical Airspace, but @JustinOnWeb asks CEO Stuart Simpson if it will it be for the super-rich or the average commuter?
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The Health Secretary has warned that flu is the biggest challenge to the health service since the pandemic. Dr Chris Streather, NHS Medical Director in London, says we need to be careful around the language used to describe the scale of the ’super-flu’ going around.
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Next week's resident doctor strike in England may be called off after the union was offered a new deal. Daniel Elkeles from NHS Providers says it would be 'brilliant' if the strike was cancelled while the BMA's Dr Jack Fletcher says this offer could have been made 'months ago'.
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"There is a moment of conviviality." Italian cooking has been awarded special cultural heritage by Unesco. Award-winning chef Giorgio Locatelli tells #R4Today that food is, and has always been, at the heart of Italian family life.
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"A free press is an unruly press." Yesterday, a letter was sent to the Prime Minister calling for stronger press regulation. Sir Alan Moses, Former Chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation, questions whether more government regulation is the right step.
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The government faced another defeat on its employment rights bill last night in the House of Lords. The BBC’s Chief Political Correspondent @hzeffman explains.
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"Are you scared of the press?" Madeleine McCann's father has told Today that politicians haven't pursued the second phase of the Leveson Inquiry into unlawful action by the media, because they're afraid. @EmmaBarnett asks the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy if that's true.
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Madeleine McCann's father has called for greater scrutiny of the UK's media in an exclusive interview with @AmolRajan. Gerry McCann said his family was subjected to 'monstering' by sections of the press and that tighter regulation is needed.
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Sir Keir Starmer has written a joint article with the Danish prime minister calling for reform to European human rights laws. @hzeffman says the government is looking to clarify the ‘interpretation’ of the ECHR.
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"So fares will have to go up in the longer term? It's just that they're not going up now?" @JustinOnWeb asks Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander after she said she wanted to reduce the subsidy given to the railways, despite the chancellor freezing rail fares in the Budget.
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The Information Commissioner's office says people are being let down when trying to access their own records from their time in care. Information Commissioner John Edwards says he is 'trying to elevate this issue' as it 'affects people's lives'.
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