9:09pm

‘We let people down’ Clegg tells party

Deputy PM tackles sex claims at start of Lib Dem conference

8:00pm

Councils plead on home building

LGA urges chancellor to end restrictions on borrowing

7:49pm

Treasury eyes ‘Tell Sid’ banks sell-off

Plan to offer shares in Lloyds and RBS to public are discussed

6:54pm

Ditch Cameron if you want pact, says Ukip

Farage wants quick EU referendum as price for deal with Tories

6:29pm

Argentina attacks Falklands referendum

Buenos Aires says islanders have no right to self-determination

5:26pm

National Trust blocks wind farm turbines

High Court overturns ruling by public inquiry inspector

9:57am

Hunt to warn NHS against complacency

Health secretary says ‘coasting can kill’ as he calls for higher standards

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 8:27pm

UK set for GM food push in Europe

Ministers seek to overturn en­trenched resistance in EU

From UK ECONOMY 8:16pm

OBR hits back at Cameron on austerity

PM rebuked for saying watchdog did not believe cuts curbed growth

Undercover Economist from COMMENT 8:06pm

A ‘simple rule’ about migrants and benefits

Clues to the UK’s woes lurk in its own backyard, writes Tim Harford

From COMMENT 7:35pm

It is rash to blunt the UK’s fighting edge

German withdrawal is welcome but the assault on defence spending carries risks, says Max Hastings

From PERSONAL FINANCE 6:46pm

Lords boost for lettings regulation

Agents could be forced to join redress scheme

Mar 8, 2013

Government pledges Drax biomass support

Guarantee under Osborne’s push for infrastructure investment

Mar 8, 2013

Summer-born children at disadvantage

Research studied more than 5,000 children in England

Mar 7, 2013

Women opt to work longer as pension age rises

Increasing state pension age for women has led to more older men working

Mar 7, 2013

PCC chair may not meet watchdog deadline

Lord Hunt warns that target to create new press watchdog may be missed

Mar 7, 2013

Ex-SFO director criticised at hearing

Parliamentary committee hears testimony of Richard Alderman

Mar 7, 2013

Vicky Pryce found guilty

Jury rejects economist’s legal defence of ‘marital coercion’

Mar 7, 2013

MPs hit at charities watchdog

Charity Commission grilled on probe into tax avoidance scheme

Martin Wolf from COMMENT Mar 7, 2013

The man at Number 10 is not for turning

If the British government’s plan is working, what would a failing one look like?

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