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Caroline Wheeler discusses the defeat of the Assisted Dying Bill, in the House of Commons, with the former Cabinet Minister and supporter of the Bill Liz Kendall. This week the Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband set out the government's new approach to Israel and the occupied West Bank. To discuss the implications of this move Caroline was joined by Labour MP Sarah Champion, who is the chair of the International Development Committee and Conservative peer Mark Harper who is a member of Conservative Friends of Israel. To discuss the protests against small boat arrivals, Caroline is joined by Labour MP Tom Hayes and Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin. As a new family arrives at 10 Downing Street, Caroline discusses what it's like for the family of a Prime Minister to be in the public eye. She's joined by journalist Sarah Vine who is the author of a book, 'How Not to Be a Political Wife' and Rachel Cunliffe, the Associate Editor of The New Statesman.