news review with LibDem MP for Bristol West & Coalition government Communities minister (under Eric Pickles) Stephen Williams. Are the UK Independence Party (UKIP) racist? Immigration paving the way for zero hour contracts; HMRC proposal that people who haven't paid tax can have money taken directly out of bank account; Pfizer's £63bn attempted takeover of AstraZeneca – Sir Jeremy Hayward, ex Morgan Stanley executive, overseeing it – where does this £63bn come from? Is it 'funny money' or QE printed money? LibDem Vince Cable, Labour's Chuka Umunna, Tory Crispin Blunt discussing it – Ms. Moody worried that local jobs will be lost in Avonmouth; PMQs Ed Miliband on rent control – Unite the Union, housing, council housing; PMQs Andy Slaughter on hospital closures – privatisation of the NHS, cuts, PFIs; shocking YouGov poll that 60% will not vote in 2015 election – Lib all parties the same, compulsory voting, youth unemployment, full employment, low wage/low skill economy; PMQs disabled people and the bedroom tax – 90,000 emergency payments refused, councils don't have enough emergency money to cover need.
