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Peter Hain lends support to Robin Hood tax – 8 in the morning, February 16th

8amBy Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* Peter Hain has become the first cabinet minister to formerly back the “Robin Hood” tax.

* Labour MP David Wright has become embroiled in a row, after apparently saying the Tories are like “scum sucking pigs”.

* Wright says his Twitter account was hacked.

* MPs should “repay profits” on expense claims fo housing, Sir Ian Kennedy says.

* More than four million people tuned in to watch the Prime Minister with Piers Morgan on Sunday.

* The Institute of Directors will today reject banks’ claims that they are providing finance to business.

* The military commander of the Taliban has been arrested in Pakistan, reports say.

* The Times has a photo gallery of the BNP’s “extraordinary meeting” on Sunday.

* Peter Kenyon has news of the selection process in Sion Simon’s Erdington seat.

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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