03/06/2017
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The Conservatives appear to be hardening their position on direct taxes as Michael Fallon told the Daily Telegraph that high earners have nothing to worry about when it comes to income tax.听 The 麻豆社鈥檚 Leila Nathoo reports.
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There will be another special edition of Question Time听 tomorrow on 麻豆社 One - this time with the Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon. The fight for Scottish seats this time involves not only the SNP, Labour and the Conservatives but also the Scottish Greens and UKIP. Catriona Renton reports from Glasgow.
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Scientists are warning that the loss of soil from farm land is reaching crisis levels in some areas. Trials are underway to see if building dams in hillside streams can slow down the flow. New research suggests that part of the answer may be supplied by skilled labour from the continent - European beavers. Our environment analyst Roger Harrabin reports.
0720
Ireland is about to get its first openly gay prime minister. The ruling Fine Gael party has elected Leo Varadkar as its new leader. We've been speaking to people in The George Bar in Dublin city centre. John Bruton is former Fine Gael Taoiseach
0730
The topic of migration has seen a lack of detail from all of the parties in their manifestos, particularly on the status of EU migrants and the plan for temporary workers. What are the unanswered questions that remain? Lord Green is chair of Migration Watch UK and Joe Owen is senior researcher from the Institute for Government.
0740
On this week's Meet The Author, Jim Naughtie speaks to Rachel Seiffert, a writer who's been nominated for both the Man Booker and Baileys Prize about her novel A Boy In Winter.
0750
Nigel Farage has said the claims that the FBI has designated him a 鈥減erson of interest鈥 in its investigation into possible Russian interference in the US presidential election are 鈥渉ysterical鈥. He joins us on the programme.
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Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn faced questions from a TV audience last night, less than a week before the general election. They were questioned separately in a special edition of Question Time on 麻豆社 One. Today鈥檚 Sanchia Berg brought together two families - one Labour voting, one Conservative, to watch it in Northampton. Ed Miliband is a former Labour party leader and Iain Duncan Smith is a former Conservative party leader.
0820
What do you read to escape a political maelstrom that's driving you to distraction? Sathnam Sanghera is an author and columnist and had taken to Twitter to ask this question.
0830
The President of the European Council has announced that the bloc is increasing co-operation with China on climate change, after a summit between the EU and China in Brussels. Professor Philip Bobbit is director for the Centre for National Security at Columbia Law School.
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The Green Party has warned that ending free movement of people after Brexit will create a 鈥渧ery real risk鈥 to public services. They say it鈥檚 鈥渓ittle short of criminal鈥 that the Tories and Labour are committed to ending free movement. Caroline Lucas is the co-leader of the Green Party.
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It is 20 years since Arundhati Roy's novel The God of Small Things made her a literary sensation - it won the Booker prize and was an international bestseller. She soon became known for her politics as much as her writing, outspoken on the poor and the marginalised of India. She鈥檚 been speaking to Mishal Husain about her second novel that was 20 years in the making, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
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This week sees our last weekly election panel to review the week in politics. Gyles Brandreth is a writer, actor, broadcaster and former Conservative MP and Sindhu Vee is a stand-up comedian and former banker.
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- Sat 3 Jun 2017 07:00麻豆社 Radio 4