This week's unemployment statistics were welcome relief for the Treasury: a 15-month low and a sharp fall in jobless young people. Economic growth may be sluggish and a full-scale recovery still seems some way off, but does Labour have a serviceable strategy for opposition if and when the economy begins to bounce back?
Joining Tom Clark to discuss this: Guardian columnists Michael White and Anne Perkins; and the Observer's political editor Toby Helm.
Also this week: the government's energy policy descends into shambles as the prime minister announces plans for a new law compelling utility companies to offer their best rates to customers - seemingly without telling his energy secretary.
And as David Cameron jets off to Brussels for another EU summit, will he be anything more than a spectator? And despite bagging the Nobel peace prize last week, discussions over the future of EU policy between France and Germany is growing increasingly frosty.
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