TUESDAY 30 JUNE - 22.30 GMT - BBC TWO Presented by Jeremy Paxman From the web team: The row between the government and the Conservatives over spending and cuts has just intensified. The Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has told the BBC that the Prime Minister is denying the Conservatives information they need in order to decide how to cut public spending. The Conservatives say a request they made for access to the detailed spending information available to ministers has been turned down. We're trying to speak to the Conservatives, and we're asking the Government to respond to Mr Osborne's comments. Michael Crick will be reporting from Norwich North, where Labour today issued the writ for a by-election, which will take place on 23 July. Our political editor has spoken to the MP Ian Gibson - whose resignation sparked the by-election - about how he feels badly let down by Labour. We have a new episode of Politics Pen, in which hopefuls pitch their ideas on cutting public spending in Dragon's Den-style. This week the candidates take aim at inheritance tax and defence budgets. And on our website one of our political animals, Lord Jones outlines how he thinks the government can ease the squeeze on public spending. And we will have Arianna Huffington, founder of the influential Huffington Post here in the studio to talk to Jeremy Paxman about how the story of Iran's traumatic election has been driven - often controversially - by the internet. Do join Jeremy at 10.30pm on BBC Two. |