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Nihal: 20/10/2010

20/10/2010

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Will the government cuts threaten how you live?

Will the government cuts threaten how you live? Plus we talk to singer Annie Khalid and Manoj Raitatha, who converted to Christianity three years ago.

At 1- Will the government cuts threaten how you live?
George Osborne will be announcing cuts today which will affect every single one of us over the next few years. 
So far we know half a million jobs will go in the public sector, child benefit will be cut for some parents, and as we mentioned yesterday the social housing budget will be cut by half. Have any of these announcements made you think about how you spend your money? Will you be tightening your belts? What changes will you have to make to your life in order to get through these cuts? 

After 2- We'll be speaking to a singer who has been described as Pakistan's answer to Britney Spears - Annie Khaled. She'll be live here with me.

And we'll be talking about Asian Christians with Manoj Raitatha - not a group we talk about as often as Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus...but he'll be telling us about why he converted to Christianity following what he says was a miracle that saved his son.

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