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@BBCRadio4 flagship news programme, on air 6-9am weekdays and 7-9am on Saturday #R4Today.

London, UK شامل ہوئے Ağustos 2007
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"You’ve said in the past ‘trans women are women’. Have you changed your mind?" @JustinOnWeb asks new Health Secretary James Murray if he’s shifted his position like predecessor Wes Streeting.
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“You’re making it very clear, there’s no shift on the money?” @Justinonweb asks new health secretary James Murray about whether he could increase the pay offer for resident doctors, ahead of fresh strike action later this month.
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More than a thousand pages of documents related to Lord Mandelson’s time as ambassador to the US are due to be released later. Our Chief Political Correspondent @hzeffman explains more.
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21-year-old Georgina Owen took her own life after delusions caused by a vitamin B12 deficiency. Now her father, Julian, is working to raise awareness around the importance of nutrition and testing for B12 deficiency. He says there is a major issue nationally.
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"Is what matters the perception of those who feel threatened... should the law be on their side?" @bbcnickrobinson asks the new chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, whether many British Jews are right to feel personally at risk when pro-Palestinian protesters chant 'from the river to the sea'. 🔊Political Thinking: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
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Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson says if people don't like the new guidance on single-sex spaces, 'change the law'. The new chair of the EHRC says the law around single-sex spaces ‘is very clear’ and many women 'do really value single sex spaces'. 🔊 Political Thinking: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
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Taimur Shah is the prostate cancer lead at Imperial College NHS Trust in London. He explains why he backs the decision to conduct more-targeted screening.
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Only 'a few thousand' men who have a dangerous genetic variant and a family history of cancer should be screened for prostate cancer with a blood test, according to scientific advisers from the UK's National Screening Committee. Conservative peer Lord Dobbs, who was treated for prostate cancer, said the recommendation was 'negligence' and 'not good enough'.
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"The real challenge we face as a country is one that has been long building." Pensions Minister Torsten Bell responds to Alan Milburn's report about the youth unemployment crisis, telling Today that this isn't a consequence of recent government policy.
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A group of businesses have written to the Competition and Markets Authority to say that more must be done to stand up for smaller tech companies. Bart Butler, chief technical officer at Proton, a privacy-centred alternative to big tech services, tells @FelicityHannah that Google and Apple have 'absolute control' of the app stores and companies like these are 'too big'. A spokesperson for the CMA said it's 'committed to defending competition in digital markets' and have launched four strategic market investigations since new powers came into force last year.
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A full list of candidates in the Makerfield by-election is available on the BBC News website.
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Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has given his response to Tony Blair's essay which says Labour has 'no coherent plan' for the future. Our political correspondent Damian Grammaticas @dngbbc explains more.
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The British Medical Association has announced a four-day strike by resident doctors in mid-June. Dr Chris Streather, Regional Medical Director of NHS London, and Dr Emma Runswick , Deputy Chair of the BMA, speak to Today about the pay issue from both sides.
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"Young people are on the front line" Former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn, author of the Young People and Work report, tells Today that the current crisis in employment for young people began decades ago, and multiple systems need reform.
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Sir Tony Blair "is always worth listening to... What he didn't say is that politics also needs a cause." Former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn, author of a report into 16-24 year-olds not in work or education, says 'the risk of a lost generation is too big for politics'.
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New research shows a sharp increase in diagnoses of type 2 diabetes in women under 40, with the concern that pregnant women with gestational diabetes are slipping through the net in post-natal checks. Diabetes UK chief Colette Marshall talks about the findings.
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The Conservatives are pledging to reform personal independent payments, including re-assessments for those with 'lower level mental health conditions'. Helen Whately, shadow work and pensions secretary, says 'it would be better giving people support'.
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Student debt is making it harder for first-time buyers to own a home, says the boss of one of the biggest housebuilders. David Thomas from Barratt Redrow tells @seanfarrington it is one factor in making homes less affordable. Big Boss Interview: bbc.in/4dPCUXR
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Rishi Sunak and his wife are issuing a warning about financial literacy in the UK through their charity the Richmond Project. The former PM tells @JustinOnWeb that work is ongoing with the Department of Education to introduce financial literacy into the school curriculum.
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