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The Conservatives have said it's a "mistake" that a high speed rail link unveiled today by the government does not run through Heathrow airport, but transport secretary Lord Adonis and the Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservatives of creating an artificial political dispute out of the issue.

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Three Labour MPs have left court having entered pleas of not guilty, and have been called to appear at Crown Court on March 30 after the judge claimed the case needed to be tested in a higher court. There were reports of drama in the courtroom as the MPs refused to enter the dock, claiming parliamentary privilege was being breached. Tory peer Lord Hanningfield is due at court later today.

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Strike action by British Airways staff is expected to take place after last night's efforts to reach an agreement collapsed, following weeks of talks between the airline and union Unite.

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The Justice Secretary Jack Straw has held a meeting in Blackburn with James Bulger's mother Denise Fergus.

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A YouGov tracker poll for The Sun has put the Conservative lead over Labour has narrowed to 3%. The full results are; Conservatives 37% (nc), Labour 34% (+2%), Liberal Democrats 17% (nc). Meanwhile, an Angus Reid poll for Political Betting gives the Conservatives a 13 point lead.

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Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has said that fair taxation, a green economy, education investment and political reform would be central to his demands if negotiating a post-election deal in a hung parliament. In a separate interview to be published tomorrow, Clegg has attempted to woo Tory voters by praising Lady Thatcher.

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The chancellor confirmed in writing yesterday that this year's budget would take place on March 24 following a speech by the prime minister, fuelling the expectation that a general election will take place on May 6.

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Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Bryne denied that the government will have to raise VAT to reduce the deficit. "We don't see a need to do that because we have made some quite difficult decisions."

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Police are investigating Labour MP Harry Cohen over his expenses claims, according to the BBC. Mr Cohen, who is standing down, was considered to be in "serious" breach of the expenses rules.

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The Intelligence and Security Committee has warned that the security services face "difficult choices" over future funding.

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The media departments of the Cabinet Office and Downing Street are set to merge under a 'single senior management team', according to reports.

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Sir Richard Mottram, one of the country's most experienced senior civil servants, has described the current system of government as a "variation on anarchy" as he called for a radical overhaul of the Whitehall system.

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Network Rail maintenance staff have voted in favour of a walkout which could see rail services severely disrupted over Easter. They could be joined by up to 5,500 signal workers whose strike ballot result is announced next week.

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US Marines are to take over control of the Afghan town of Musa Qala as part of a "readjustment" of British forces in Helmand province.

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City workers would prefer Ken Clarke to George Osborne as Chancellor, according to new research by PoliticsHome and City AM. Vince Cable came in third place on the City's preference list.

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The party says the plans - which include providing the fastest broadband speeds in Europe - would make them the most "tech friendly government in the developed world".

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Anna Arrowsmith, managing director of adult entertainment company Easy on the Eye Productions, has been selected as the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for the Gravesham constituency.

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MPs Ann and Alan Keen have been ordered to pay back £1,500 after an investigation found they had broken House of Commons rules on second homes expenses. The report declared that the Keens had committed a "serious misjudgement."

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Police failures to properly record and resolve cases of anti-social behaviour has damaged public confidence in the police, according to the chief inspector of the constabulary Denis O'Connor.

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Greece is bracing itself for strikes as workers prepare for the second general strike in a month.

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Ennobling people from outside parliament, in order to make them ministers, should only be done in "exceptional" circumstances, according to MPs from the Public Administration Committee.

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The vice-president of an influential group of judges has said that government changes to criminal sentencing could result in further overcrowding of prisons by encouraging jail sentences.

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The government's plan to roll-out an electronic border checking system to monitor 95% of journeys by the end of this year is "not credible," opposition parties and some airline operators have said.

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Hospitals have been criticised for failing to give patients the medicine they require. The claims have been made by the National Patient Safety Agency.

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MSM Catching up

The heated debate that took place yesterday at PMQs between David Cameron and Gordon Brown over Brown's evidence to the Chilcot inquiry has been escalated by criticism from former chief of defence staff Lord Guthrie.

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The general election will result in a hung parliament with Labour as the largest party, according to the latest YouGov/Sun tracker poll. The poll puts the Conservatives on 37% and Labour on 32%.

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Reaction continues to the prime minister's major economic address yesterday. Gordon Brown said there would be "bumps in the road", but that the UK had reached a turning point on economic recovery.

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Ministers are planning to reduce the number of uniformed police despite pledges to do otherwise, according to the Conservatives.

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Science academies across the world will not review the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has announced.

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The government's proposed levy to fund the establishment of a National Care Service could be sourced out of 10% of an estate's value for those receiving care, Health Secretary Andy Burnham has said.

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Public opinion today

Tuesday 9th February 2010 | 12:00

New Poll: Public divided on change to voting system

New research from PoliticsHome suggests that the public are divided on the alternative vote system, with about a fifth undecided. Voters tend to think electoral reform is a relatively unimportant issue and are cynical about Gordon Brown's motivations for backing a referendum.

New PoliticsHome research suggests that the public are divided on whether introducing an alternative vote electoral system would be a good idea, with about a fifth of voters currently undecided on the issue.

There is a slight tendency to oppose the system recently backed by Gordon Brown (by a margin of 53 per cent to 47 per cent, among those who said would vote and expressed a definite view) but the relatively large proportion of people (nineteen per cent) who are currently unsure means that this is stil very much a live issue with no consensus yet emerging. 

In other results from the poll:

On the question of why Gordon Brown changed his mind on electoral reform:

70% of people think that Brown changed his mind through political calculation; 8% believe he is genuinely convinced of the merits of electoral reform

On the importance of electoral reform as a national issue:

20% see electoral reform as one of the more important issues facing the country, 74% see electoral reform as one of the less important issues facing the country

On support for the referendum itself:

20% support the referendum in its current form; 29% think there should be no referendum at all; 40% believe that the referendum should have a wider range of options.

Before answering the questions, respondents were given this explanation of the AV system:

'Next week MPs will vote on whether a referendum should be held soon after the next election on changing the voting system. It is proposed that the current 'first past the post' system (where voters choose one candidate and the candidate with the most votes in a constituency wins) could be replaced by an alternative vote (AV) system (where voters rank the candidates in order of preference and votes are redistributed until one candidate gains an outright majority (i.e. more than 50%)). Supporters of the AV system argue that it ensures a greater consensus on the winning candidate and allows people whose first choice vote cannot win in their constituency to have a say in the outcome. Its opponents say that it does little to make the system truly representative, it penalises independently minded individuals and favours bland 'second choice' candidates.'

 


 


 




PoliticsHome interviewed 1,191 adults by email between 5-8 February 2010.  Results are weighted by party ID to reflect the population of Great Britain.  Full data tables are available on request. 


 

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