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Today in Parliament: 17/12/2014

17/12/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Today in Parliament, 17/12/2014

Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report from Westminster.

Susan Hulme and the BBC parliamentary team report as MPs welcome an inquiry's findings that allegations that British troops tortured and killed Iraqi detainees were 'baseless'.

MPs welcome a report that dismisses as "deliberate lies" allegations that British troops tortured and murdered detainees in Iraq ten years ago.

The Defence Secretary told the Commons that Iraqi witnesses and their lawyers must bear the blame for traducing troops' reputations, and costing taxpayers more than £31 million.

In the final Prime Minister's Question time of the year, there was little seasonal goodwill on display, as Ed Miliband accuses the Conservatives of planning to take Britain back to the 1930s. David Cameron calls the Labour leader a "waste of space". 

And the Chancellor warns that anyone expecting "unaffordable pre-election giveaways" in his budget next March, just seven weeks ahead of the May 7 poll, would be "disappointed".

Susan Hulme and team report on today's events in Parliament.

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