| MONDAY 17 JANUARY 22:30 GMT - BBC TWO FROM JASMIN BUTTAR, PROGRAMME PRODUCER Hello, It's the pledge we've all been waiting for: The Conservatives promise to cut taxes if they win the coming general election. Both the Liberal Democrats and the Tories have singled out Whitehall as a target for the budgetary scalpel. The Tories reckon they can muster ã4bn for tax cuts. But do their sums add up and is it enough to turn the popularity tide in their direction? Do independent faith schools adequately prepare pupils for life in Britain? The answer, according to the chief inspector for schools in England, is not enough. David Bell says Muslim schools in particular are in danger of undermining "our coherence as a nation". Are the government's goals of championing religious state schools and encouraging a common "British" identity compatible? The journalist who broke the Abu Ghraib scandal claims that American commandos have been in Iran identifying sites for possible future air strikes. Seymour Hersh says he's been told by intelligence officials that Iran is the Bush administration's next strategic target. We'll be speaking to him. Politicians, diplomats and experts from across the western world have gathered stateside to play at being world leaders, as they reconstruct the fictional scene inside a situation control room during a bio-terror attack on Europe and America. Newsnight joined them. Would we cope if it happened tomorrow? And, on 30 January, we'll be 25 and in keeping with the times we need a bracelet...tell us what slogan it should carry. Click here to send us your slogan suggestions... Please join us tonight at 10.30pm on BBC2.
Jasmin Buttar
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