David Cameron
Deputy Editor Benedict Brogan spells out just how far the Tory Party has gone towards replacing their leader.
By prioritising support for dual-earner couples, the coalition is shunning backbench Tory calls to favour the 'traditional' family.
High-earners gain the most, 860,000 single-earner families lose out and the system won't be introduced until 2015.
Read the Labour leader's letter to the Parliamentary Labour Party on today's press regulation agreement.
The conviction of Bethan Tichborne begs the question: has Britain outlawed the truth?
The Mayor's decision to swat aside Theresa May shows he's determined to emerge as the PM's natural replacement.
The Labour leader's stance won't win him many friends on Fleet Street but no one should believe the press will swing the next election.
The PM's repeated references to "a hung parliament" suggest that he expects Labour and the Lib Dems to combine forces and defeat him in Monday's vote.
It is the sense of chronic impermanence in Downing Street that fuels leadership speculation.
What the Tories' latest PPB didn't mention: the UK has grown at a slower rate than every G20 country except Italy and Japan.
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