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I'm Deputy Editor Helen Lewis

and this week I'm joined by Raphael Bear and George Eton

to talk about universal credit and problems at the Department of Work and Pensions.

While Caroline Crampton talks to Rachel Cook about the future of television and I

talk to Ian Stedman about the new film Gravity and what the best film about space really is. in. I'm joined by our political editor Raphael Bear and George Eaton editor of

the Staggers to talk about the week in politics. George you've written

for you I believe quite a scolding blog this morning about

Ian Duncan Smith in the wake of um so the Public Accounts Committee has looked into

universal credit first will tell me what the report says

it doesn't actually tell us much that hasn't been said already, although it puts it probably stronger than any of us has led by

Margaret Hodgett says most of the 480 million pounds of public money that's been spent on the project is going to have to be

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