Fashion victims: 8 in the morning – October 22nd

8am

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.

* And Tories in London plan to create a “Super-council”.

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