Tory candidates sent to learn about climate change – 8 in the morning, January 19th

8amBy Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* TORY CANDIDATES ARE BEING SENT ON COURSES TO LEARN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, amid new evidence that they are not concerned about changes to the environment.

* DAVID CAMERON HAS BEEN “GIVEN PERMISSION” BY IAIN DUNCAN SMITH to draw back Tory marriage tax break plans to include only those families with children.

* THE TORY MARRIAGE TAX PLANS ARE UNWORKABLE AND UNJUST, writes Polly Toynbee in the Guardian.

* BACK IN THE NEWS, Geoff Hoon will appear at the Chilcot Inquiry today.

* “WE’RE ALL IN THE MIDDLE CLASS NOW”: Rachel Sylvester looks at the meaning of class in society and in politics.

* LABOUR’S COMPUTER ERRORS COST THE TAXPAYER £26BN, according to a report in the Independent.

* BOTH PARTIES WANT A CRACKDOWN ON BINGE DRINKING.

* DOES DAVID CAMERON HAVE THE ANSWERS TO IMPROVE TEACHING STANDARDS? STEVE RICHARDS THINKS IT UNLIKELY.




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