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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.

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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