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Politics UK Archive

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UK Budget and Economy
The Square Mile and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown's Budget
26 mins01 Jan 2006
China
A look at the response of Europe to the emerging economic power of China
26 mins31 Mar 2006
Social Problems in Nottingham
A look at crime and other social problems in 'assassin city', Nottingham
26 mins07 Apr 2006
Forgiveness
A special easter edition looking at forgiveness in politics
26 mins14 Apr 2006
Cash for Honours
The 'cash for peerages' conflict of interest scandal involving the British government
26 mins21 Apr 2006
Foreign Criminals in Britain
Systemic failure in the Home Office as foreign criminals escape deportation
26 mins27 Apr 2006
British Labour Party Government
Voters' disapproval of the Labour Party is demonstrated in local government elections
26 mins05 May 2006
Tony Blair's Leadership
A look back at the week's events in British politics
26 mins12 May 2006
Tony Blair
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and his fight back against plans to oust him as Labour leader
26 mins19 May 2006
John Reid
Crisis at the British government's Home Office Department
26 mins26 May 2006
The Hay-on-Wye Book Festival
A report from the Hay-On-Wye Book Festival and it's theme of environmental issues
26 mins31 May 2006
Sierra Leone
How town-twining helped restore Waterloo, Sierra Leone, after the Civil War
26 mins09 Jun 2006
Terror in Forest Gate?
Controversy over intelligence gathering in a changing political landscape
26 mins16 Jun 2006
British Prison Capacity
Crisis in Britain's prison system as jails reach near full capacity
26 mins23 Jun 2006
Immigration
'Britain is sleepwalking into a total change of what we mean by Britain'
26 mins30 Jun 2006
War on Terrorism
A discussion of the War on Terror and the war in Afghanistan
26 mins06 Jul 2006
Cash for Honours, Loans for Peerages
How damaging is the cash for honours scandal for Tony Blair and politics in Britain?
26 mins13 Jul 2006
Middle East Crisis
How much influence does Tony Blair have on international policy on the Middle East?
26 mins23 Jul 2006
Politics and Materialism
How money and earning power influence class and opportunity in Britain
26 mins29 Jul 2006
Tony Blair Facing Party Revolt
Should Prime Minister Tony Blair resign?
26 mins08 Sep 2006
The War on Terror
Tony Blair appeals to Western allies for help in the war in Afghanistan
26 mins11 Sep 2006
Green Taxes
Are green taxes a good idea?
26 mins18 Sep 2006
Tony Blair Steps Down as Party Leader
Tony Blair, 'the most successful Labour leader in the history of the Party' stands down
26 mins25 Sep 2006
The Muslim Veil
The controversy over the wearing of the niqab in Britain
26 mins13 Oct 2006
Tony Blair and the War in Iraq
Prime Minister Tony Blair's policy on the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq
26 mins20 Oct 2006
05/07/2009
A weekly look inside British politics from the ��̳.
28 mins
Politics UK
Are economic hard times revealing the strains of recent immigration?
28 mins
Politics UK
Is the army being asked to do too much in Afgahnistan with too little?
28 mins
25/07/2009
Can the lawmakers of today measure up to the politicians of the past?
28 mins
05/09/2009
Has the release of al-Megrahi put Britain's special relationship with the US under strain?
28 mins

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