Guardian Focus
Each week, Guardian correspondents and commentators take a detailed look at an issue in the news.
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Guardian Focus podcast: disability benefit cuts
Hugh Muir examines proposed cuts to disability benefits. Is this ...
Hugh Muir examines proposed cuts to disability benefits. Is this a sensible plan to get the finances under control, or an attack on the most vulnerable?
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Guardian Focus podcast: Disunited Kingdom?
This week the SNP announced it will hold a referendum ...
This week the SNP announced it will hold a referendum on full Scottish independence. Hugh Muir explores what devolution offers to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Guardian Focus podcast: squatters' rights
Hugh Muir examines whether home owners need more protection from ...
Hugh Muir examines whether home owners need more protection from squatters - and what effect criminalisation will have on the homeless
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Guardian Focus podcast: David Cameron's war in Libya
Chief political correspondent Nicholas Watt, RUSI defence analyst Mark Phillips ...
Chief political correspondent Nicholas Watt, RUSI defence analyst Mark Phillips and the Independent's Bruce Anderson join Hugh Muir to discuss the PM's first war
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Guardian Focus podcast: Dale Farm and sites for Travellers
In 2008 £97m was made available for providing sites for ...
In 2008 £97m was made available for providing sites for Travellers. In this podcast, we look at what happened to the money, and examine the coalition's policy on Travellers
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Guardian Focus podcast: What will UN recognition of a Palestinian state mean?
We discuss the implications of Palestinians asking for UN recognition ...
We discuss the implications of Palestinians asking for UN recognition of statehood, with views from the Middle East, the US and Britain
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Guardian Focus podcast: Free schools
Will free schools drain funds and resources - or raise ...
Will free schools drain funds and resources - or raise educational standards? Hugh Muir examines their likely impact
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Guardian Focus podcast: Tottenham after the riots
Last month disturbances in north London triggered riots around England. ...
Last month disturbances in north London triggered riots around England. Hugh Muir looks at prospects for Tottenham as it attempts to move on
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Guardian Focus podcast: famine in Somalia
The Horn of Africa is experiencing a food crisis and ...
The Horn of Africa is experiencing a food crisis and the UN has declared famine in parts of Somalia. What does the relief effort look like? And what comes next?
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Guardian Focus podcast: UK riots
Riots and looting that began in north London have spread ...
Riots and looting that began in north London have spread to other English cities. Jonathan Freedland, Dave Hill and Stafford Scott discuss the causes of the worst civil unrest in a generation – and how it might be stopped
