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Daily Politics: 04/02/2011

04/02/2011

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Jo Coburn is here with the top political stories of the day. With Lord Steel.

Jo Coburn is here with the top political stories of the day. Lord Steele assesses abortion in the UK, 40 years since its legalisation.

Tens of thousands of protesters are preparing for what they're calling a "day of departure" for President Mubarak, as pressure mounts on the Egyptian leader to leave. We'll get the views of the former UN Deputy Secretary General Lord Malloch Brown. 

As the coalition and the government clash over which direction to take the economy, new figures out show more of us are worried about how we'll keep our heads above water in the future. 

In our Changermakers series, we'll talk to Lord Steel about his abortion act over 40 years on 

Ding Dong? Find out why the Speaker's wife Sally Bercow has got into trouble again. 

Jo Coburn is joined at noon by Zoe Williams from the Guardian and Andrew Pierce from the Daily Mail. 

And of course we'll bring you our round up of all the top stories from the last few days in our Week in 60 Seconds.

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