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Today in Parliament: 09/01/2013

09/01/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 09/01/2013

Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.

Sean Curran and the BBC parliamentary team report as David Cameron defends the benefits cap, calling it 'fair and right'. Ed Miliband says the coalition is dividing the nation.

David Cameron defends the decision to cap benefit rises at 1% a year, calling it "fair and right".
The Prime Minister tells MPs that the coalition is acting "in the national interest".
The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, accuses the Government of "hitting women three times as hard" as men and of "dividing the nation".
The Justice Secretary says private firms and charities are to be given the job of supervising low-risk offenders.
Labour pledges to support a statutory code to protect pub landlords - if the Government is willing to  to be tough enough.
In the House of Lords, peers demand tougher action against firms who avoid paying tax in the UK.
Sean Curran and the BBC's parliamentary team report.

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