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Knives out – 8 in the morning, July 12th

8amBy Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

* Peter Mandelson’s book, launched this week, reveals that Nick Clegg told Lord Mandelson that Gordon Brown would need to step aside as Labour leader if there was to be any colaition deal between Labour and the Lib Dems.

* Charlie Whelan has hit back at Mandelson, saying he ran the “worst election campaign in Labour’s history”.

* Ed Miliband says that Labour needs to “move on from the Psychodramas of the past”.

* We at LabourList have said that Mandelson’s book may cast more heat than light on Labour’s renewal this close to the breakdown, and that we need to move on from the battles of 1997.

* Jackie Ashley says Labour must stop the self-flaggelaton and regroup.

* Follow the recriminations with the Guardian’s Politics Live Blog.

* George Osborne’s cap on benefits will “drive poor families into ghettos”, according to housing experts.

* Sunny Hundal asks: Is Jon Cruddas positioning to become Chair of the Labour Party?

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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