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03/05/2014

Is having to pay to join the police stopping people from poorer backgrounds signing up? Plus, the latest on Gerry Adams' arrest and reaction to Max Clifford sentencing.

Siobhan McDonagh, the Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden, tells 5 live Breakfast the cost of a new qualification to join the police is stopping people from poorer backgrounds - and ethnic minorities - from signing up. We hear from Siobhan, who was considering joining the force but had issues with this new Certificate of Knowledge in Policing - and the College of Policing which devised the qualification.

Anthony McIntyre - the former IRA prisoner - whose interview with former IRA members have become central to Gerry Adams' arrest.

Vera Baird QC - former solicitor general - gives her reaction to the Max Clifford sentencing.

Millissa Roberts, mother of Reece Roberts who was left confined to a wheelchair after a random attack in Blackpool, on appealing the sentence handed to his attacker.

Charlotte Newman - friend of Stephen Sutton, the teenager who has raised more than 3 million pounds for charity whilst battling cancer - being discharged from hospital.

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Sat 3 May 2014 06:00

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  • Sat 3 May 2014 06:00