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The World Tonight: 14/12/2011

14/12/2011

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, 14/12/2011

Robin Lustig presents national and international news and analysis.

Unemployment has gone up in the UK to its highest level for 17 years. How much are government policies to be blamed? How much is it due to the crisis in the eurozone? We hear from the Swedish Finance Minister, Anders Borg, on unemployment, growth and the future of the euro.

Also, the Scottish Parliament is to vote today legislation on sectarianism in football and the internet. 

Tonight, with Robin Lustig.

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