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In this edition David puts questions to the panel on David Cameron's proposals to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU, and hold a referendum on membership in 2017; the proposals of Lib Dem backbencher Stephen Williams to reduce the age of majority in the UK from 18 to 16; and the somewhat controversial appointment of GlaxoSmithKline CEO Sir Andrew Witty as Chancellor of the University of Nottingham.

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In this week's episode of The Big Picture the team kicked off with a debate on The Living Wage - is it the way to tackle poverty and inequality, is it feasible to enact, and even if it were enacted would it do the good it purports to? The panel also discussed whether the SU's commitment to introduce a Living Wage for University of Nottingham employees could amount to anything, given that ultimately it is the University, and not the SU, who control salaries and funding.

In 2013's first issue of The Big Picture, Elliot Johnson, Joseph Todd, Seb Bench, Michael Gaffney and Louis Cotgrove joined David Hayes to discuss the week's key issues.

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In this week's issue of the Big Picture, Louis Cotgrove welcomed Seb Bench, Michael Gaffney, Elliot Johnson, Alex Fitzgerald, Jonny Jenkin and Kieran Cooper to discuss the week's major current affairs developments. They began by discussing the Government's policy toward charities off the back of news that donations to charitable donations have plummeted during the recession, and that many charities face bankruptcy in 2013. The panel questioned how Cameron's 'Big Society' could expect charities to take much of the social care workload from the state under such conditions, but also acknowledged that in the current economic climate, belts have to be tightened.

Next up, we listened to an interview which Alex Fitzgerald conducted with Commonwealth Youth Parliament Delegate, University of Nottingham Alumnus, and Falkland Island native Krysteen Ormond. After hearing Krysteen's views, the panel discussed the issue of Falkland sovereignty in the context of the belligerent Kirchner administration in Argentina, Britain's austere circumstances, and the potential natural resources present in Falkland Island territory.

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This week, David asked an usually large panel about proposals to set a minimum price for alcohol, the breakdown of the summit to determine the EU's next seven-year budget, and the NUS's apparently abortive march on London to promote resistance against education cuts, rises in tuition fees, and youth unemployment figures.

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