Best of Today
Insight, analysis and expert debate as key policy makers are challenged on the latest news stories.

• Today: 0820 Carols 17 Dec 07
  What has happened to carols? We speak to Aled Jones and Katie Melua.
• Today: 0810 Basra Handover 17 Dec 07
  Britain has handed over control of the Iraqi province of Basra to the local security forces. We ask the defence minister Bob Ainsworth what the British presence in Iraq managed to achieve.
• Today: 0730 Lost Pensions 17 Dec 07
  The government today will announce how it will help the 125,000 people who lost their pensions when their firms went bust. We speak to the Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain.
• Today: 0810 Living Rough 15 Dec 2007
  A former ITN newsreader is now bankrupt and living rough. But how does this extreme change in lifestyle happen?
• Today: 0810 Climate Deal 15 Dec 07
  After a night of emotion and drama, a deal has been made at the climate change talks in Bali. What does the deal mean?
• Today: 0820 Museum Shops 14 Dec 07
  Are museum shops the worst purveyors of tat or a vital stop on your Christmas shopping trip?
• Today: 0810 Climate Change 14 Dec 07
  The US is refusing to commit to cuts, the EU threatening boycotts. As the Bali conference draws to a close, we ask the environment secretary Hilary Benn where the UK stands on climate change.
• Today: 0730 Flood Relief 14 Dec 07
  The system to distribute money to those affected by this year's floods has been criticised by the audit commission.
• Today: 0840 Genetics Revolution 13 Dec 07
  The biggest challenge facing medical science today is complexity. Can "systems biology" finally deliver on the promise of the genetics revolution? Tom Feilden reports.
• Today: 0810 Credit Saviours? 13 Dec 07
  For the first time, big central banks have joined forces to try to do something about the global credit crisis. They will provide the commercial banks with vast amounts of money in loans, but will it ease the squeeze?