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George Parker of the Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster. Including squaring up for Brexit, a deal with the EU and Google's tax.

George Parker of The Financial Times looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
As David Cameron spends the weekend finalising a deal with the EU, we look at how the various campaigns for Brexit are shaping up to fight their corner, and the Irish ambassador to the UK recounts the process by which Ireland negotiated a second referendum on EU membership,after the Lisbon Treaty in 2008.
Following the outcry over Google's tax bill, Andrew Tyrie MP, chair of the Treasury Select Committee outlines the terms of an inquiry into the need to reform the UK tax base, and 35 years after the SDP was founded, Liberal Democrat Sir Vince Cable and Labour MP Emma Reynolds, discuss the parallels for the Labour party between then and now .
The Editor is Marie Jessel.

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Sat 30 Jan 2016 11:00

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