This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate, with politicians and members of the public from Northwich in Cheshire. On the panel are: from the government, education minister Jacqui Smith; from the Conservatives, shadow work and pensions minister Danny Kruger MP; the Liberal Democrats’ home affairs spokesperson Lisa Smart MP; writer and activist George Monbiot; and Matthew Goodwin, who writes and commentates on populism and liberal democracy.