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08/09/2024

Ben Wright discusses the winter fuel payments row with Labour MP Paul Waugh, Conservative peer Tina Stowell and think tank boss Theo Bertram, plus FT journalist Lucy Fisher.

Ben Wright is joined by the Labour MP and former journalist, Paul Waugh; Conservative peer, Tina Stowell; and the head of the Social Market Foundation think tank, Theo Bertram. They discuss the row over the government's decision to remove winter fuel payments from most pensioners, and look ahead to the TUC conference with the public sector union leader, Fran Heathcote. The panel also discuss the challenge of improving social mobility, and the continuing contest to decide the next Tory leader. Lucy Fisher - Whitehall Editor of the Financial Times - brings additional insight and analysis. And the programme also includes a farewell interview with the House of Commons chef, Terry Wiggins - who's retiring after 50 years in the job.

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