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8 in the morning: June 11th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Former Labour minister and new government anti-poverty guru Frank Field has unveiled his early thoughts on child benefit, and refused to rule taxing it.

* Can Diane Abbot win? asks Simon Carr in the Independent.

* The Mail attacks Labour’s “waste” in its final months of government.

* Margaret Hodge was “rewarded” for fighting the BNP in Barking with her election as select committee chair, says that Guardian.

* Former MP Nick Palmer is on the dole, and wants to show that benefits are “not something to be embarrassed about”.

* “I was aware hooding was an issue in his death, I was shocked and concerned that should have happened.” Former Defence minister Geoff Hoon denies knowledge of army operating procedure at Baha Mousa inquest.

* “Time to turn the page from Blair and Brown” Ed Miliband said in Leeds last night.

* And the Irish Labour Party have topped an opinion poll for the first time.

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