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The Week in Westminster: 12/11/2022

12/11/2022

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Ben Riley-Smith from The Telegraph reviews the week in Westminster.

Ben Riley-Smith from The Telegraph and guests including former Chancellor Alistair Darling and former Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith look back at the week in Westminster.

Ben Riley-Smith from The Telegraph reviews the week in Westminster including an interview about the state of the economy with former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling.  

Former Work and Pensions secretary, Chloe Smith MP debates whether the pensions triple lock should be retained with Rachel Cunliffe from the New Statesman and whether the system is fair across the generations. 

Also in this week's programme, statistician Georgina Sturge who works in the House of Commons library discusses the use of data in politics with the SNP's Carol Monaghan MP, a former physics and maths teacher. 

And Conservative backbencher, Tim Loughton MP joins the deputy editor of ConservativeHome, Henry Hill to reflect on the state of the Conservative party two weeks into Rishi Sunak's premiership, including their thoughts on the resignation of Sir Gavin Williamson this week.

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