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Coronavirus
41 minutes
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Nick Robinson meets Whitehall insiders to find out how the UK might handle an escalating pandemic.
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41 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Nick Robinson meets Whitehall insiders to find out how the UK might handle an escalating pandemic.
45 minutes
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Nick Robinson and a panel of politicians, civil servants and journalists examine how controversial proposals to tackle binge drinking would fare in Whitehall and Westminster.
45 minutes
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How would a government, facing a huge deficit, cut middle-class benefits? Nick Robinson and guests examine how this controversial proposal would fare in Whitehall and Westminster. Show more
43 minutes
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Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall and inside Westminster to ask how controversial decisions are reached. Show more
45 minutes
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Nick Robinson and his panel examine the European Court of Human Rights, which has generated controversy with its judgement on prisoner voting. Show more
45 minutes
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Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall and Westminster to ask how decisions are reached. He examines building a new generation of nuclear power stations. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Westminster and Whitehall to ask how controversial decisions are reached. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall and inside Westminster to ask how controversial decisions are reached. Show more
45 minutes
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Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall to ask how controversial decisions are reached. Nick and his panel examine changing strike laws. Show more
43 minutes
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One decade on since the great crash, Nick Robinson asks if we can handle a crisis in our financial system of a similar magnitude. Show more
43 minutes
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Nick Robinson shines a light on how a decision on whether to renew the UK's nuclear deterrent is reached behind closed doors in Westminster and Whitehall. Show more
43 minutes
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Nick Robinson looks at how controversial decisions are reached behind in Whitehall. This week, he and his guests discuss whether Britain's civil service should be reformed. Show more
43 minutes
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Nick Robinson shines a light on the process by which controversial decisions are reached behind closed doors in Whitehall. Nick and guests discuss benefits for pensioners. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Nick Robinson shines a light on the process by which controversial decisions are reached behind closed doors in Whitehall. Show more
The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson shines a light on the process by which controversial decisions are reached behind closed doors in Whitehall. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Nick Robinson shines a light on the process by which controversial decisions are reached behind closed doors in Whitehall. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall and inside Westminster to ask how controversial decisions are reached. First in a new series. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Nick Robinson goes behind the closed doors of Whitehall and inside Westminster to ask how controversial decisions are reached. Show more
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Nick and a panel of former political insiders examine how a government which wanted to abolish the BBC licence fee could get its way, and ask what opposition it would face. Show more
43 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson shines a light on the process by which controversial decisions are reached behind closed doors in Whitehall. Show more