In Politics Weekly Nick Watt asks whether Gordon Brown will put his recent woes behind him after performing a U-turn and agreeing to compensate workers who lost out when the 10p starting rate of tax was abolished earlier this month.
David Lammy, the skills minister, thinks the Prime Minister deserves credit for listening to people's concerns.
We also discuss next week's local council elections in England Wales – and the riveting Ken and Boris show in London. Seumas Milne says he hopes Ken Livingstone will win. But Catherine Bennett says Ken has had quite enough time in the job, though she is no fan of Boris Johnson.
Finally, we discuss the battle for the White House after Hillary Clinton's emphatic victory in the Democratic primary contest in Pennsylvania. Seumas and Catherine say that Hillary Clinton should bow out because she will never catch up with Obama, despite her success in Pennsylvania. David Lammy, who is a big fan of Barack Obama, is a model of diplomacy and says the Democrats are blessed with two outstanding candidates.
