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Tom Arms’ World Review – 6 March 2021

In this weekend’s look at world politics our foreign correspondent Tom Arms looks at political events in the UK, Boris Johnson cutting aid to Yemen, politics in the EU shifting to the left, a bad week for ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and ASEAN foreign ministers pushing for the release of Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the return to democracy in Myanmar.

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Talking Bournemouth and Brexit with Sam Skubala on the Politics World podcast

Have a listen to my chat with Sam Skubala when we talked about Bournemouth, Brexit, Vince and Jo. And about reducing inequality.

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  • George Thomas
    @Jana - there are savings which can be made within benefits system and based on who is paid, true, but only if we recognise that many people get paid when they ...
  • Jana
    @Nick Baird Absolutely correct. However if it resulted in a pension increase next year 1% less than it would otherwise be, it would save £14 Billion compared ...
  • George Thomas
    Trying to answer the question in the title rather than the shot at the SNP, one of the reasons Wales is more difficult to manage financially is because a lot of...
  • Iain Donaldson
    John is right to distinguish between devolution and federalism. They are related but not identical. Devolution is about bringing decisions closer to the people ...
  • Nick Baird
    @Jana - ending the triple lock won't reduce the current level of spending on pensions. It will just reduce the future growth of that expenditure, that will inev...