Brown pledges to be more of a team player – 8 in the morning, January 12th

8am

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* GORDON BROWN WILL WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH COLLEAGUES, he told a meeting of the PLP last night.

* LABOUR IS UNITED, BUT PARTY MORALE IS LOW, says the New Statesman’s James Macintyre from last night’s PLP meeting.

* THE PM WAS MORE POWERFUL WHEN HE WAS CHANCELLOR, wrties Steve Richards in the Indepenent.

* LABOUR SUPPORTERS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH DAVID MILIBAND’S POLITICS, not “his dithering”, says David Aaronovitch.

* OPINION ON LAST WEEK’S COUP starts coming in from the public, in the Independent letters page.

* ALASTAIR CAMPBELL WILL FACE 10 KEY QUESTIONS at the Chilcot Inquiry today.

* DAVID CAMERON’S FAMILY POLICIES might please parts of his party, but they will damage his image as the “change candidate”, says Rachel Sylvester.

* THERE ARE BIG HOLES IN TORY FAMILY PLANS, says today’s Indepdendent leader.




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