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Cathy Newman
Channel 4 News learns Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has sat on a proposal for the suspension of arms export licences to Israel – proposed by a fellow Conservative – for the last two weeks.
Gary Gibbon
The coalition position on Iraq as outlined by Nick Clegg at his press conference this morning might strike you as less than heroic.
Nick Clegg famously mocked the Conservative party’s environmental posturing by saying you could only turn blue into green by adding yellow – but the colours have failed to mix.
Never before do I recall a minister publicly attacking another in such stark, vituperative terms as in today’s spat between Vince Cable and James Brokenshire over immigration.
Labour retains Wythenshawe and Sale East in a by-election, while the Conservatives are pushed into third place by Ukip and the Liberal Democrats lose their deposit.
The work and pensions secretary defends the coalition’s welfare reforms, which he says are making people feel “more secure” about the future.
Gary Gibbon
On the minimum wage, the government is hoping to have something it will be able to point at that will allow it to say to voters that it is taking care of the less well paid.
Gary Gibbon
Talk to Tory MPs now and you would think they will never vote for coalition again. Talk to people close to the PM and they say “that could all change if they’re staring at five years in opposition as the alternative”.
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith rejects claims that the introduction of the government’s flagship universal credit reforms is in chaos.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right coalition government has at last struck a “grand coalition” deal with the centre-left Social Democrats. But why the wait and what does it mean for us?
Smoke and mirrors at Prime Minister’s Questions. Either the NHS is on the brink of collapse or it’s all plain sailing in Britain’s A&E wards. FactCheck crunches the numbers.
Gary Gibbon
Nick Clegg’s fundamental message was that coalition could and should be here for good. He described it as “now accepted as the norm.” No other options are viable for the Lib Dems.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg vetoes Tory Education Minister Liz Truss’s plan to let childminders look after more children in a bid to reduce the cost of childcare. Jane Dodge reports.
Gary Gibbon
Labour will stick to George Osborne’s spending plans for 2015-16, Ed Balls announces – but is he playing political games?
Nick Clegg and David Cameron vow the coalition will remain united until the 2015 general election – as the deputy prime minister attacks Tory backbenchers for “game-playing”.