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  • Mike Smithson | What does this say about Tory polling wobbles?

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  • Bumping into Peter M on the fundraising campaign trail

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  • James Macintyre | Trend against Tories continues as "Dave" plays the Sam card

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  • Anna Arrowsmith | Why I've gone from porn to politics

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  • Catherine Bennett | Catherine Bennett | Talk to us about politics, not your lovely home life

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  • Andrew Rawnsley | It's Nick Clegg's chance to shine, so he'd better not fluff his lines | Andrew R...

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  • Will Hutton | Don't celebrate these billionaires, be horrified by their existence | Will Hutto...

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  • Labour List | Labour's plans for a fully elected second chamber...? http://bit.ly/aq0JrV

  • Labour's plans for a fully elected second chamber

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  • Tom Harris MP | A hung parliament doesn't necessarily mean a coalition. The media realise that, ...

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  • Sally Bercow | And on the present front Mr B often gets me vouchers. Which is the lazy man's wa...

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  • Sally Bercow | Plus Mr B let me down virtually EVERY DAY when he was backbench MP. By voting th...

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  • Daniel Hannan | From what I'm hearing on doorsteps, the Tories will win

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  • Alex Barker | Just a quarter of voters think the Tories will improve schools

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  • Am I the only person who doesn’t understand the Lib Dems?

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  • Kevin Maguire | Easy Tiger RT @stefanstern: Sam Cam on Dave: leaves clothes lying about, plays w...

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  • Douglas Carswell | A rightwing John Cruddas?

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  • Guido Fawkes | + + + Lord Paul Repays Fiddled £38,000 Expenses + + +

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  • Anthony Wells | YouGov Sunday Times poll – 38/34/17

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  • freethinkingeconomist | Clegg’s Q&A

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  • Faisal Islam | The Lib Dems, the deficit and a possible hung parliament

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  • Poll List: Tory lead at 7 and lowest in ICM poll for two years

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    • 19:51
  • Sara Scarlett | Lights, Camera, FAIL

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  • Helen Duffett | Teachers, Thatcher, tax and troops: Nick Clegg Q&A

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  • Richard Murphy | Nick Clegg calls for 10% bank tax to rescue recession victims

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  • Anthony Wells | ICM show 7 point Tory lead

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  • If the Lib Dems could hold the balance of power in the next parliament, then the...

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  • Telegraph Opinion | A general election is a battle for hearts more than minds

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  • Mike Smithson | The Tories drop two with ICM

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  • Krishnan Guru-Murthy | @tom_watson but what do u think GB would offer clegg to stay in power? and would...

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  • Telegraph Opinion | David Cameron is selling a new Tory brand - but I'm not buying it yet

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  • ConservativeHome | S Telegraph/ICM: Con 38% (-2) Labour 31% (nc) LD 21% (+3)

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  • Krishnan Guru-Murthy | Going on air - lead : Clegg says he will insist on no public spending cuts this ...

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  • Telegraph Opinion | Nick Clegg must dodge the love-bombs

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  • David Cameron's embarrassing moments are all his own

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  • Guido Fawkes | Fabians Attack Low Tax for the Low Paid: The Fabian’s Tim Horton and IPPR’s Howa...

  • John Rentoul | Open primary to select Tory candidate in Bethnal Green and Bow went well http://...

  • Charlie Whelan | Raith Rovers in Scottish Cup semi for first time since 1963. Know someone who wi...

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  • Norfolk Blogger | Surprise surprise ! The BNP's new anti racists views are still racist

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  • Faisal Islam | Krish doing a cracking interview with Nick clegg on hung parliament and timing o...

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  • Kevin Maguire | Prezza fights on: Son David in with good shout of Lab nom in safe-ish Weaver Val...

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  • Denis MacShane | Talking to voters today and yesterday gets loads of anti-Tory and anti-Dave comm...

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  • Leave out the better halves

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  • Krishnan Guru-Murthy | about to interview nick clegg for tonight's prog at 1830 on the price of his sup...

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  • lucy manning | See David Cameron telling Sir Trev he can sack George Osborne if necessary exclu...

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  • Nick Clegg's Conference Leader's Q & A

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  • Jonathan Isaby | "Health and safety fears" call a halt to an English tradition after more than 20...

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  • Eric Pickles | Congratulations to Karen Buckley Conservative Candidate for Hyndburn

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  • Tom Harris MP | Danny Alexander: "Some long-standing party commitments we won’t be able to deliv...

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  • James Purnell | Been at conference on Obama - half of American social spending goes on "tax expe...

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  • Euro-federalists who place their faith in national governments

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  • Ridley Grove | For the sake of party and country, Osborne should resign as shadow chancellor

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    • 16:02
  • Tim Worstall | Economics papers we’d like to see

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    • 15:31
  • Daniel Hannan | Do the Lib Dems want to cut spending or not?

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    • 15:25
  • Guido Fawkes | McMillan-Scott Defects to LibDems

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  • Gaby Hinsliff | so SamCam's got little more coverage today than the libdem porn directress. 'sec...

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    • 15:01
  • Megan Carpentier | How David Paterson blew it

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  • Will | Slogans and Actions

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    • 14:32
  • David Blackburn | McMillan-Scott makes no impression

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  • John Rentoul | Gordon, it's over. Or not.

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  • LFAT | Quote of the day

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  • Mike Smithson | Can Gordon do a Clement Attlee?

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  • Glen Oglaza | Slogans: the Good, the Bad....

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  • Andy Slaughter | Breaking the Gaza deadlock

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  • Daily Referendum | A message from David Cameron: Our country needs a change of course

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Today's Storys

Added07:00 Last updated07:33

Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has insisted he will not be a kingmaker in the upcoming election. With polls pointing to a hung parliament, there has been speculation as to what the Liberal Democrats would do.

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The Sunday Times reports on the Labour party's plans to target mothers in marginal constituencies by sending postcards outlining their childcare policies. Similarly, the Independent says that Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper will this week unveil plans to extend flexible working hours as part of plans to target the "mainstream mum" vote.

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The Sunday Times reports that justice secretary, Jack Straw, will bring a draft bill on Lords reform within the next few weeks, outlining radical plans to abolish the current House of Lords and replace it with a 300-seat wholly elected second chamber.

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David Cameron and George Osborne is alleged to have "mocked" the height of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, angering the French government, reports the Mail on Sunday.

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Added21:47 Last updated07:18

The House of Lords has used parliamentary privilege to prevent the release of details of a ruling that led to the collapse of criminal inquiries into the expenses of Baroness Uddin and Lord Paul. The Sunday Telegraph reports that Lord Paul has since repaid £38,000 in expenses.

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Lloyds banking group is planning to spin off a portion of its commercial property portfolio into a separate, tax efficient company, according to the Independent on Sunday.

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A decision by the Treasury to overrule the army's preference for a BAE Systems tank in favour of a model built in Austria and Spain, has led BAE to warn that "hundreds of jobs" are likely to go in the British armoured vehicle sector.

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The Sunday Times reports that Gordon Brown plans to create a new bank holiday called "Pride in Britain" day to honour "community heroes" - once the economic recovery is secure.

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The government has signalled tightening the drink drive limit to less than a pint of beer or glass of wine. Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, said: "a strong case has been made to have a lower limit".

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Two adverts commissioned by climate change secretary, Ed Miliband have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for "overstating" the dangers of global warming.

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Ex-defence secretary Geoff Hoon and ex-armed forces minister Adam Ingram are expected to make witness statements at an inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian, Baha Mousa whilst in British military custody.

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Bosnia has demanded an apology over alleged "mistreatment" of former president, Ejup Ganic in prison. Ganic who was arrested on March 1 and granted bail on Thursday, claims he was denied consular assistance and access to medication for three days.

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Shadow international development secretary Andrew Mitchell claimed 13p for Tipp-Ex and 45p for a glue stick on his expenses, the Mail on Sunday reports.

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Shadow chancellor George Osborne has told the News of the World it would be "pretty extraordinary" if a government elected this year on a mandate of cutting the deficit did not begin doing so in this financial year.

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Denise Fergus has called for the sacking of children's commissioner, Dr Maggie Atkinson, over what she called "twisted and insensitive" comments about her son's killers. Dr Atkinson said Jon Venables and Robert Thompson should not have been prosecuted because they were too young to understand the consquences of their actions.

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Germany's Finance Ministry has said it is not aware of any deal by eurozone countries to bail out Greece, although reports in several British newspapers this morning that a deal had been struck.

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Unite's political director, Charlie Whelan, has said that up to 100,000 Unite members in 90 marginals will be contacted by the union and urged to vote Labour.

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Added07:19 Last updated16:55

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne was spoken to a number of times by David Cameron about the possibility that Cameron may sack him, the Tory leader has revealed in an interview.

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The Foreign Secretary David Miliband will pressure China to support tougher sanctions against Iran, according to reports.

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Public and Insider opinion research from PoliticsHome

New dangerous dogs measures welcomed by public

Voters broadly agree with ministers' plans to microchip every dog in the country and extend the measures enforceable under Dog Control...

New government policies to clamp down on dangerous dogs have been welcomed by the public, new PoliticsHome research has shown. More than half of voters approve of compelling all dog owners to take out insurance in cas...

Panel: City prefers Ken Clarke to George Osborne as Chancellor

New research conducted by PoliticsHome and City AM suggests that City workers would prefer Ken Clarke to George Osborne as Chancellor....

The City would prefer Ken Clarke to George Osborne as Chancellor of the Exchequer, according to a panel recruited from London’s financial and business community.  The City AM/PHI panel of City workers, specially recru...

Most voters think Brown failed to fund troops properly

The public are not persuaded that the Prime Minister met all requests for expenditure for army kit while Chancellor.

Despite Gordon Brown's insistence that he ensured that all of the military's requirements for spending on equipment were provided for during the Iraq War, voters remain sceptical, new PoliticsHome research has revealed. ...

Public backs BBC plans

Despite outspoken criticism of the corporation's intentions to reduce its output, voters are generally in favour.

The public supports the BBC’s plans to reduce its number of radio stations and websites, and by a large margin, despite the growing campaign to block the changes, new PoliticsHome research shows. More than 70 per cent...

Voters: shielding services more important than reducing deficit

The public believe that deep cuts in public spending from the next government would be a greater worry than failing to reduce the defi...

More voters are worried about the next government cutting spending too deeply than failing to reduce the £178 billion public deficit fast enough, new PoliticsHome research has revealed. 1,082 voters were asked to say ...