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18/03/2016

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Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.

Is the Chancellor of the Exchequer about to U-Turn on disability benefit cuts? The senior Conservative bankbencher Sarah Wollaston tells us she expects so.

We assess what impact the changes would make if they go ahead and ask what it all might mean for George Osborne's leadership ambitions. 

With Turkey and the EU locked in talks about the migrant crisis, the Turkish President has accused the European Union of hypocrisy. Some its leaders have accused him of blackmail. We hear the Turkish response.

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