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Is the broadband tax regressive? 8 in the morning, February 23rd

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By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* The latest polls show Labour again narrowing the gap on the Tories, who sink to their lowest ICM rating for two years.

* The Guardian has a list of every ICM poll result since 1984.

* Gus O’Donnell has denied warning Gordon Brown over his behaviour at Number 10.

* The Government’s proposed 50p a month tax to pay for broadband has com under fire from the Commons Business Comitte, who have described it as a regressive tax.

* A car bomb has exploded in Northern Ireland overnight.

* At a speech to Progress later today, Jim Muprhy will say Labour “must win” the “religious vote”.

* The delay in holding the Glasgow North East by-election was “avoidable”, the Electoral Commission says.

* Gordon Brown will give evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry next Friday.

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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