Politicians Panel

Gordon Brown faces his first big electoral test this week - with the by-elections in Ealing Southall and Sedgefield on Thursday.

Labour MP Emily Thornberry is a new recruit to our MPs panel

But there's plenty more happening in the week ahead at Westminster - particularly as the Government tries to clear the legislative shelves before the summer recess and tries to avoid too many bills having to be held over till the autumn.

To discuss what's coming up, Carolyn chatted to two of our MPs panel: Emily Thornberry for Labour and Ed Vaizey for the Conservatives.