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A judge has ruled in favour of the three humanist parents and their children who challenged the government鈥檚 relegation of non-religious worldviews in the subject content for GCSE Religious Studies. Andrew Copson is chief executive of the British Humanist Association.

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An unexpected windfall of 拢27 billion allowed the chancellor to avoid some unpopular cuts in his autumn statement yesterday. Paul Johnson is director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

0710

During the uncertainty over the future of tax credits this programme was in touch with dozens of families on one street in the town of Harlow in Essex. Tom Bateman has been finding out their response to the Spending Review.

0715

David Cameron is going to try and make the case for airstrikes against ISIS in Syria. But how effective is this? Speaking on the programme is writer and broadcaster Rana Kabbani.

0720

George Osborne's Autumn Statement took a bizarre twist when John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, threw a copy of Chairman Mao's Little Red Book at him across the Despatch Box. The author Diane Wei Liang was born in Beijing in the 1960s and as a child spent three years in a Labour Camp with her parents because they were intellectuals.

0730

The Chancellor鈥檚 opponent - Labour's John Mcdonnell - amassed supporters and opponents alike by quoting from the mass murderer Chairman Mao鈥檚 Little Red Book yesterday. Live in the studio is John Mcdonnell, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.

0740

On 13 November 89 people were murdered by ISIS terrorists in the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where American rock band Eagles of Death Metal were playing. Guitarist Edin Galindo described what he saw.

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In the aftermath of the UK and European security response to the Paris attacks, the prospect of military intervention in Syria and the much contested Investigatory Powers Bill, the importance of national security is more palpable than ever. Speaking on the programme is Sir John Sawers, former head of MI6.

0810

According to the Spending Review, spending and taxing seem to be back in fashion - so has the economy turned a corner or has the government lost its nerve? Speaking on the programme is George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Laura Kuenssberg the 大象传媒鈥檚 political editor.

0830

Scotland's first minister has welcomed a U-turn by the chancellor on tax credit cuts. George Kerevan MP is part of the economic policy team for the SNP.

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More than eight million people living in the UK were born outside its shores, it has been estimated. As Nancy Kacungira reports from Ghana, a growing number are deciding that in terms of life style and opportunity, Africa is the place to be.

0840

A new documentary, London Recruits, reveals more about the involvement of Britons in the Anti-Apartheid movement. Speaking on the programme is Ronnie Kasrils, former South African minister for intelligence services and ANC member who recruited the London recruits, and Mary Chamberlain, historian, novelist and one of the London recruits.