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Victoria Derbyshire: 22/10/2018

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22/10/2018

BBC Two - Victoria Derbyshire, 22/10/2018

Will banning plastic straws in favour of metal ones really make any difference?

Daily current affairs programme. The public inquiry into the NHS contaminated blood scandal is not due to look at financial support until 2020 - campaigners say that is too late.

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered when he visited the Saudi embassy in Turkey. Saudi Arabia has blamed a 'rogue operation' and apologised to his family. The programme hears from security expert Frank Gardner and from the Labour Party regarding what the government should do now.

The programme has learned that victims of the NHS contaminated blood scandal have written to the health secretary asking for an immediate increase in support payments. The public inquiry into the scandal is not due to look at financial support until 2020 - campaigners say that is too late.

And - will banning plastic straws in favour of metal ones really make any difference to the planet? The government says plastic straws and stirrers could be banned by this time next year.

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