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THIS WEEK
This week Panorama looked at people avoiding taxes by squirreling their money away in offshore bank accounts. The programme hit the national mood with the state of the global economy consistently in the news throughout the week and fears the recession may become a depression.
Tax Me If You Can centred on the story of whistleblower Henrich Kieber, who copied the client database from a bank in Liechtenstein. The country - seen as a tax haven - has a banking system famous for its secretive methods. Keiber's explosive revelations have named some of those unscrupulous people avoiding tax. And guess what? Some of them come from the UK.
If you missed the programme you can view it here.
And then watch Sweeney's explanation of how tax evasion works here.
BAD BANKS
Sticking with the economy, the bank's bonus culture is under scrutiny again. Gordon Brown has said there should "be no reward for failure" while speaking about reports the Royal Bank of Scotland is considering awarding large bonuses to staff.
Keep your eye out for upcoming Panoramas in the coming months, as we'll be returning to the state of the economy and especially the role banks played in its collapse.
BBC Online covered the Prime Minister's comments on bonuses here.
And where there's the economy there's also Robert Peston. So read his blog here.
BACK IN THE NEWS
Big Brother Britain is in the spotlight again; with the House of Lords questioning if the country's growth in surveillance is encroaching our right to privacy.
The report, billed by the Lords, as an Inquiry into Surveillance and Data Collection, identified both the UK's huge number of CCTV cameras and DNA database as areas for concern.
The BBC news website has been covering it here
here.
Panorama visited this issue back in November 2008, when Simon Boazman investigated how much information was held on him, whether it was secure and if he could reduce his data trail.
You can see it again here.
AWARDS
Panorama has been nominated for two awards. Omagh: What the Police were Never Told, along with our investigation into Primark using child labour, have both been nominated in the RTS Journalism Home Current Affairs shortlist.
Our look at the disappearance of Shannon Matthews has also been nominated for an award. This time by the Bafta membership - to be considered alongside the broadcasters' choices.
PANORAMA'S PENSIONS ROADSHOW
Panorama is taking a closer look at the state of the UK's pension system and want to hear your stories.
We're hoping to speak to people concerned their pension will be worthless, or worried they'll have to delay retirement.
We'd also like to hear if your final-salary company pension scheme has recently been closed to new or existing members?
And also if you invested in property or buy-to-let, hoping it would fund your retirement?
More generally, we'd like to hear if your pension prospects have been hit by the credit crunch?
If you're shouting: 'yes that's me', come (with any relevant paperwork) to Panorama's pensions and savings "MOT", road-show.
We'll be at The Sun Pavilion, Cornwall Rd, Harrogate, HG1 2PQ on Saturday 21 February.
See you there from 10.00AM to 4.00PM.
If you can't make it on that day, email Panorama with your pension problems at panorama@bbc.co.uk
GAZA: OUT OF THE RUINS
In next Monday's programme, Panorama returns to the Middle East to look at the recent, bloody exchange between Hamas and the Israeli Defence Force. With feelings running high on all sides, Jeremy Bowen follows extraordinary personal stories across the frontline, and pieces together rival claims about war crimes and the targeting of civilians.
And he asks whether the 22-day offensive has really weakened the Hamas movement, or if the violence has simply sowed the seeds of further bloodshed.
Gaza: Out of the Ruins is on BBC One, Monday 9 February at 8.30pm GMT.
 bbc.co.uk/panorama
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