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Radio 4,15 Mar 2026,59 mins

How is the Iran war affecting the cost of living in the UK?

Westminster Hour

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Ben Wright is joined by the Labour MP and Commons Treasury Committee chair, Dame Meg Hillier; Conservative former Deputy Foreign Secretary, Sir Andrew Mitchell; and the Liberal Democrat Business spokesperson, Sarah Olney. They discuss President Trump's call for the UK and other nations to send warships to the Gulf and whether the government should help people with the impact of the Iran war on the cost of living at home. Geraldine Scott - assistant political editor of The Times - brings additional insight and analysis. And Ben speaks to the expert in parliamentary oratory, Tom Clark, about great speeches in the Commons.

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