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17/10/2011

With Jo Coburn. As we all turn our central heating on, the government meets the big six energy companies in an effort to bring prices down; but will it work?

As we all turn our central heating on, the government meets the big six energy companies in an effort to bring prices down; but will it work?

The Wall Street protest has spread to Europe and the City of London - and they say they're not leaving until something's done about "corporate greed". We'll have more. Andrew has been blogging on the problems in the eurozone: come and read and join in the debate here: www.bbc.co.uk/andrewneil

Mum or Dad should be able to share maternity leave - that's what the government promised - but with the economy in dire straits are they about to change their mind? We'll talk to Conservative Nick de Bois and Liberal Democrat Lorely Burt.

And has reality TV created a generation of idle, unemployable layabouts? We'll ask the man who brought Big Brother to Britain, as TV entrepreneur Peter Bazalgette is our guest of the day.

30 minutes

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Tue 18 Oct 2011 00:00

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