By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk
* Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman predicts a renewed economic slump in the UK.
* Nick Clegg accuses IFS of “distorted nonsense”.
* Clegg also defended cuts in an interview with the Guardian.
* Andy Burnham thinks that the Tories have chewed up and spat out the Lib Dem leader.
* The Lib Dems have fallen to just 10% in the opinion polls post-CSR.
* Rupert Murdoch has given his support to Cameron’s cuts.
* Tower Hamlets elects Lutfur Rahman, the former Labour independent, as mayor.