| WEDNESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 22.30 BST - BBC TWO FROM PROGRAMME PRODUCER SHAMINDER NAHAL Hello In tonight's programme: Ruth Kelly Our Political Correspondent David Grossman really set the cat amongst the pigeons last night when he exclusively revealed that Ruth Kelly would be leaving the government in a reshuffle next week. The reaction was explosive . At a hastily convened press conference in a hotel foyer in Manchester at 3am, it was confirmed that the Transport Secretary would indeed be quitting the Cabinet. Our Political Editor Michael Crick has been investigating the sequence of events after Newsnight came off air which led to the extraordinary decision to announce Ruth Kelly's decision in the small hours of the morning. Development Gordon Brown chairs a UN meeting on the Millennium Development Goals tomorrow. We 're more than half way to the date when the targets are supposed to be met, and it's accepted that there's no way many of them will be. Maternal mortality is the issue occupying many people, as the number of mothers dying in childbirth in some countries has actually been going up. More money is needed from governments around the world - but how likely is that given the global economic crisis? Peter Marshall investigates. Going cheap We're rapidly becoming familiar with the " Aldi " Effect - the phenomenon whereby credit crunchees who used to shop at Waitrose go downmarket to Sainsburys, the Sainsburys lot head to Tescos and impoverished Tescos customers head to the eponymous German food discount chain. But just how big a phenomenon is it? Stephen Smith goes downmarket. Colony Club As crowds flock to the Francis Bacon show at Tate Britain, a less happy spectacle is going on at the club which Bacon made his own. The Colony Room in Soho is threatened with closure. It has to be one of the seediest spots in Britain, yet it was the breeding ground for some of the most internationally important artists of the post war years. Madeleine Holt reports on an eleventh hour bid to save the club for posterity. Join Jeremy Paxman at 10:30 tonight for all that and more. Missed Newsnight? Click here to watch the latest programme online Newsnight Blog Add your comments to our correspondents' blogs: CLICK HERE | 
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