PM to miss PMQs to stay in Northern Ireland and try to rescue power-sharing – 8 in the morning, January 27th

8amBy Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* The PM will miss PMQs today to continue talks to rescue Northern Irish power-sharing.

* Tony Blair will campaign for Labour during the election campaign, Peter Mandelson revealed yesterday.

* David Cameron’s secret talks with Ulster Unionists were reportedly with the intention of developing an “electoral pact”.

* Labour will give Scotland radical new tax powers within a year of being re-elected, Jim Murphy says.

* Britain’s richest 10% of people are now 100 times better off than the poorest, a new report shows.

* A double dip recession is still a possibility, and is Labour’s “nightmare election scenario”, reports the Independent.

* President Obama will give his State of the Union tonight — Jonathan Freedland looks at what he needs to say.

* Cut the number of special advisers, and retrain permanent secretaries, senior civil servants recommend.




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