07/03/2021
Carolyn Quinn's guests are former Cabinet minister Mark Harper, Labour frontbencher Sarah Jones, former senior civil servant Philip Rycroft and Kay Balls from the Spectator.
Carolyn Quinn is joined by the former Conservative chief whip, Mark Harper; Shadow Minister for Policing, Sarah Jones; and the former top civil servant at DExEU, Philip Rycroft. They discuss the re-opening of schools in England and the government's roadmap out of lockdown; the controversy over the 1% pay offer for NHS workers.; and the tensions between the UK and the EU over post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. The Spectator's deputy political editor, Katy Balls, brings additional insight and analysis. And the panel also reflect on the Fixed Term Parliaments Act and whether it should be repealed.
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