Blair warns Ed: 8 in the morning – October 5th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Tony Blair warned Ed Miliband to stay in the centre-ground in an interview with Italian TV.

* ConDem government has changed its tune on child benefit.

* Osborne speech – plenty of politics, but where was the economics?, asks Steve Richards.

* Is the patient strong enough to stomach Osborne’s medicine?

* UK bank bonuses to top £7 billion this year.

* 40 hour week for prisoners.

* Tom Watson MP calls for statement from Cameron over Coulson.

* And local authorities could be set to keep rent from council housing.

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