
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.
* 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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