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A weekly look inside British politics from the BBC

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Issues affecting British social and political life.

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Politics UK is the weekly programme that covers British political and policy issues, economic and cultural change and Britain’s standing in Europe and the rest of the world in a way that is relevant to an international audience.  
It's the flagship programme for UK political analysis and debate on the BBC World Service.  
Leading politicians, commentators and intellectuals take part each week to discuss and reflect on the main events shaping British politics.

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Politics UK Archive: 25/12/2009

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25/12/2009

BBC World Service - Politics UK Archive, 25/12/2009

A Special look at the interdependence between the banks and the UK government.

A weekly look inside British politics from the BBC.

This Christmas some of the banks at the heart of the financial crisis have started handing out bonuses, provoking cries of foul from the Church, the political classes and from the public. But now the Government has announced a tax on these windfalls, what will be the consequences of trying to stop bankers being bankers? How much does the city of London contribute annually to the Treasury, and how would the British economy manage without it?  There are already signs of an exodus of wealth creators from the city.  Switzerland is among the beneficiaries.  Politics UK assembles its own Christmas Carol and examines the prospects for the the British economy in the Christmases to come.
Presented by Susan Hulme

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