Vince Cable lives to fight another day in the Coalition
Vince Cable remains in the Coalition government – despite his comments that he had “declared war on Murdoch”, writes Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
Cable ‘declares war’ on Murdoch media empire
The government will desperately not want to be seen to be bending the knee to Murdoch. He was amongst the first callers on David Cameron when he entered No. 10 but he came in by the back door and
Liam Fox calls off Sri Lanka visit
Liam Fox has at the last minute cancelled his trip to Sri Lanka, blogs Gary Gibbon.
Cameron soothes backbench anger over IPSA
Our Political Editor reports on tonight’s meeting between the Prime Minister and his backbench MPs over the way the new expenses system – overseen by the Independent Parliamentary
Lib Dem Lords falling into line on fees
Our Political Editor looks ahead to tonight’s Lords vote on raising tuition fees – and says that even the Crossbenchers are under pressure to vote in favour.
Asking for a ‘plan B’ on the economy
The Treasury is not disputing Philip Stephens’ report in the Financial Times (FT) that Sir Gus O’Donnell is asking for a “Plan B” or “possible stimulus measures”
Students breach the Commons but the debate goes unheard
No-one was listening to anyone in the Commons today, let alone the few students who made it into the public gallery.
Nick Clegg: Winning the battle but not having a good war
Our Political Editor reports on the latest news from the Westminster front as this afternoon’s big tuition fee vote continues to strain the party unity among the Lib Dems.
Tuition fees: number crunching ahead of key vote
About half a dozen Tory MPs are muttering about rebelling over tuition fees tomorrow night and the number of Lib Dem MPs currently telling their whips that they intend to vote against has gone up
Tuition fees: Decision time looms for the Lib Dems
Our Political Editor looks at how Thursday’s vote is shaping up for the Lib Dems – and finds a lone Tory who’s set to join some of them in the Opposition lobbies.
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