Peter Hain lends support to Robin Hood tax - 8 in the morning, February 16th

8am By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* Peter Hain has become the first cabinet minister to formerly back the “Robin Hood” tax.

* Labour MP David Wright has become embroiled in a row, after apparently saying the Tories are like “scum sucking pigs”.

* Wright says his Twitter account was hacked.

* MPs should “repay profits” on expense claims fo housing, Sir Ian Kennedy says.

* More than four million people tuned in to watch the Prime Minister with Piers Morgan on Sunday.

* The Institute of Directors will today reject banks’ claims that they are providing finance to business.

* The military commander of the Taliban has been arrested in Pakistan, reports say.

* The Times has a photo gallery of the BNP’s “extraordinary meeting” on Sunday.

* Peter Kenyon has news of the selection process in Sion Simon’s Erdington seat.

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Alex is the founder and CEO of The Cares Family. He was editor and first director of LabourList in 2009-2010, during which time he established the site as the number one Labour blog, and later an aide to Ed Miliband.

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