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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: 10/09/2010 | Coalition | Tax | Retired leaders | Pope's UK visit

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10/09/2010

10/09/2010 | Coalition | Tax | Retired leaders | Pope's UK visit

BBC World Service - Politics UK Archive, 10/09/2010 | Coalition | Tax | Retired leaders | Pope's UK visit

A weekly look inside British politics from the BBC with Edward Stourton.

This week on Politics UK with Edward Stourton: can the coalition survive?  The taxing tendencies of hard pressed Governments. The role of former world leaders. And the Pope's first state visit.

This week on Politics UK with Edward Stourton:
Testing Britain's coalition to breaking point:  can it survive the cuts to come and the compromises expected?  And how will changing the voting system test the new partnership? We speak to Conservative MP George Eustice, who used to work for the Prime Minister David Cameron, and his coalition partner Julian Huppert MP of the Liberal Democrats.
This week taxpayers of the world united at the Taxpayers' Conference in London to fight the taxing tendencies of hard-pressed Governments. We speak to one of the speakers, Dr Arthur Laffer, who advised Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. He uses the 'Laffer curve' to argue that if you tax too much, government revenues actually fall.
Tony Blair's memoirs launch his new career as an international statesman. Is power moving to a new global elite of former world leaders? We speak to Giles Edwards who is writing a book on the subject, and Iain Martin of the Wall Street Journal Europe.
And can Britain benefit from the Pope's first state visit? The former Arcbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, thinks it can.

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