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All the news from Westminster, where arguments over how many jobs MPs should have spark fierce exchanges. And HSBC's head faces a grilling over the tax scandal. With Sean Curran.

Sean Curran reports on evens at Westminster where Ed Miliband and David Cameron clash over Labour's proposed ban on MPs from working as consultants or company directors.
The Labour leader offers to include a ban on MPs from being paid trade union officials. But the Prime Minister says Labour's plans are "totally inconsistent".
The chief executive of HSBC faces MPs' questions about the recent tax scandal at the banking giant.
The Defence Secretary tells the Commons the UK is considering more Ukrainian requests for help as it prepares to send up to 75 troops and military staff to answer "Kiev's call".
And peers urge action to prevent discrimination by leisure facilities against turban-wearing Sikhs.

28 minutes

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Thu 26 Feb 2015 08:31

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