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All the news from Westminster where comedian Russell Brand tells MPs drugs should be treated as a health matter, not a criminal one. And a report from Cardiff. With Susan Hulme.

Susan Hulme reports on the proceedings at Westminster where comedian Russell Brand tells MPs drug addiction should treated as a health matter, not a criminal one.
In the Commons, Treasury ministers face repeated challenges over their decision in the Budget to cut the 50 pence top rate of tax and the plan to raise the duty on fuel.
The Home Secretary faces calls for an inquiry into allegations of corruption in the Metropolitan Police and the investigation into the murder of Stephen Lawrence.
And news presenter Jon Snow tells MPs that cycling in British cities is "grotesquely unsafe".

28 minutes

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Wed 25 Apr 2012 08:31

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