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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: 11/06/2010 | ID Cards | Cuts | Margaret Thatcher

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11/06/2010 | ID Cards | Cuts | Margaret Thatcher

BBC World Service - Politics UK Archive, 11/06/2010 | ID Cards | Cuts | Margaret Thatcher

David Blunkett on ID cards and why Thatcher still captures the political imagination

Osborne’s first question time, David Blunkett laments the repeal of ID cards and why Thatcher still captures the political imagination

Britain’s public finances took centre stage once again this week as the new Finance Minister announced how he will begin to chop public spending. We’ll be asking how George Osborne fared at his first question time session and where the axe is likely to fall. Also, the previous Government’s legislation to introduce identity cards is about to be repealed by the new Government. We talk to the former Home Secretary who admits he failed to win the argument on the need for them. And Margaret Thatcher was back in Downing Street this week for tea with the Prime Minister. Why does she still dominate UK politics, twenty years after she was toppled from power? All that in Politics UK

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