Today - 20/11/2008

Presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Public Accounts Committee chairman Edward Leigh describes the bureaucracy and poor management that led to a backlog of 84,000 cases relating to victims of crime last year. Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick discusses the government crackdown on bad drivers. Zubeida Malik reports on how social housing has been hit by the credit crunch. Mark Doyle reports from the Kibati refugee camp near Goma and Lord Malloch Brown, the minister responsible for Africa, explains what the UK government can do to improve the situation in the DR of Congo. Dr Will Peach outlines some of the reasons why sparrow numbers are falling. Thought for the day with Dr Elaine Storkey. Boris Johnson explains his new housing plans for the capital. Sanchia Berg reports from the high street in Bromley. Andy Street, managing director of John Lewis, and Sir Philip Green, who owns BHS and the Arcadia Group, discuss how the economic downturn is affecting UK retail. Jim Moir, former head of light entertainment at the BBC, and TV critic Kevin O'Sullivan debate John Sergeant's departure from Strictly Come Dancing. Pallab Ghosh describes the history of the $100 billion international space station mission. Helen Fawkes watches as the last Yugo car prepares to roll off the production line. Colin Blane meets business editor of The Scotsman Peter McMahon at RBS's new global head office near Edinburgh. A plaque is to be unveiled at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to pay tribute to British diplomats who helped rescue Jews from the Nazis. Author Michael Smith tells the story of two of those honoured, Capt Frank Foley and Robert Smallbones. Reporter Caroline Cheetham talks to one man whose family were helped by Foley.