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Monday 30th January 2012 | 10:04

In Brief

Nick Clegg is the cover star of this week's issue of The House Magazine. In an exclusive interview, the deputy prime minister discusses the possible return of David Laws to the government, the future of the coalition, his plans for House of Lords reform, and how he decides to smile, or not, at PMQs. The magazine also contains interviews with UKIP leader Nigel Farage, outspoken as ever, and Lord Bhattacharyya, the former manufacturing guru to both Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. With lobbying in the spotlight, the House features an article by Tony Wright, the former chairman of the Public Adminstration Committee, who is far from impressed with the government's efforts to introduce a statutory register, while former Cabinet Secetary Lord Butler attempts to tackle the ongoing problem of badly written legislation. Look out too for the first of Wall Street Journal's Iain Martin's columns, a preview of the return of the Health and Social Care bill to the House of Lords, and a special focus on the government's attempts to tackle youth unemployment.

Energy secretary Chris Huhne will discover if the Crown Prosecution Service will press charges against him over claims his former wife accepted penalty points on his behalf. (10:00)

Communities secretary Eric Pickles is expected to launch a £250m scheme to encourage councils to keep or bring back weekly bin collections.

Foreign secretary William Hague is in Kenya to meet with President Kibaki. For updates on his meetings you can follow him on @WilliamHague.

Fisheries minister Richard Benyon announces a joint Environment Agency and departmental fund for catchment restoration in England.

Defence secretary Philip Hammond attends a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels.

Labour leader Ed Miliband delivers a speech on the future for banking, he is expected to say financial institutions must not be "isolated from society. (08:45)

Conservative MP Sam Gyimah attends the launch of a Demos report on the future of higher education. (16:00)

Labour MP David Blunkett addresses the National Housing Federation national board members conference.

The Munich conference on security policy takes place.

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