Presented by Kirsty Wark and Jeremy Paxman
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The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has suggested that a tax on
bankers' pay and profits could be introduced if banks continue to pay
huge bonuses to their staff. Both he and Nick Clegg - the two most
senior Liberal Democrats in the cabinet - have said the payments are
offensive to taxpayers who bailed out the banking system.
Our Political editor Michael Crick will be bringing us the latest from
Liverpool later, and Kirsty will be speaking live to Cabinet Minister
Chris Huhne. (And you can pit your knowledge of the Lib Dems against
Michael by playing the first of his conference quizzes here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/9017859.stm
Then our Diplomatic editor Mark Urban will be considering why there is
an arms race going on in the Arab Gulf States. Is it because of the
possibility of an Iranian nuclear threat, or the imminent withdrawal of
US troops from Iraq?
And we'll be marking International Day of Peace with the founder of the
Peace One Day movement, Jeremy Gilley. We'll ask him how practical the
idea is of one day a year free of conflict and what impact it can have.
Do join Kirsty and Jeremy at 10.30pm on BBC Two.
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