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The Liberal Democrat deputy leader, Simon Hughes, today warned the government not to break the coalition deal between his party and the Conservatives.

He insisted that there must be no attempt to "unpick" the agreement between the two parties. But with the widely respected Institute for Fiscal Studies saying that this week's Budget looks "somewhat regressive", Mr Hughes said his party could try to amend the Budget to "improve fairness and make for a fairer Britain."

Our political correspondent Iain Watson has been assessing just how comfortable some LibDems are with the Budget proposals.

On the day the government announces plans to raise the state pension age for men to 66 and raises the possibility of people having to work into their seventies, we'll talk to the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. He says it is time to "reinvigorate the pensions landscape", but just how is he going to find the billions of pounds of savings he'll need to make in the welfare budget?

The Government says the Greek economic crisis shows why tough action is needed to cut the deficit. The G20 meets this weekend with President Obama warning that Europe's attempts to save its way out of the debt crisis could put the global recovery at risk.

Tonight we talk to the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and look ahead to the G20 Summit and the conflict between Europe and the US on the way forward economically.

Also tonight we'll have an interview with the godfather of movie special effects Ray Harryhausen who is 90 next week. Among his most famous films are The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts featuring a famous sword fight against seven skeleton warriors. An exhibition of his work is opening at the London Film Museum.

Do join Kirsty at 10.30pm.