The Daily Politics - 19/07/2010

Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn have the top political stories of the day. David Cameron spells out his vision for the 'Big Society', inviting citizens to play a bigger role in local society and promising to help neighbourhood groups with expert advice from senior civil servants. Michael Gove's plans to allow all schools in England to opt out of local authority control is to be debated by MPs, with Labour's Ed Balls arguing that the bill is being rushed through Parliament. The programme hears from Frank Field, the Labour MP who's heading up a review of poverty in the UK, and as the Prime Minister prepares for a trip to Washington to meet President Obama, there's a look at what he hopes to achieve.