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Thursday 27 May 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two
Presented by Gavin Esler



The government has unveiled plans to radically overhaul the welfare system.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, who has overseen the proposals, said sanctions will be used against benefit claimants who refuse to take up jobs, while all those on incapacity benefit will now be reassessed.

Speaking of the current set up, Mr Duncan Smith said: "A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate."

But are the changes outlined today the best way to fix things?

Tonight, a group of benefits recipients will be joining us in the studio to give us their thoughts on the issue and to challenge Liberal Democrat Minister, Steve Webb, on the plan.

And Peter Marshall has been in Coventry to look at what the impact on the ground might be.

Plus, a 40-year-old man has been charged with the murders of three Bradford women.

Stephen Griffiths is accused of murdering Suzanne Blamires, Shelley Armitage and Susan Rushworth, who were all sex workers in the city.

Liz MacKean is in Bradford and will bring us the latest on a case and we will be discussing how to better protect sex workers.

Plus, we have a report from Mark Urban, who is in East Jerusalem, asking whether a freeze on settlements can bring progress to the stalled peace process.

We'll be talking to the US State Department.

Join Gavin Esler at 10.30pm.





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