Never had it so good?: 8 in the morning – November 19th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* An adviser to the Prime Minister apologises over “never had it so good” and “so-called recession” comments.

* Is Alan Johnson an enforcer, or a mutineer?

* Theresa May drops stop and search laws aimed at ethnic minorities.

* Benefit policy based on figures from a well known property website.

* Labour made three big by election gains last night.

* Gordon Brown “distrusted military conduct” in Afghanistan.

* Former minister Jim Knight to repay £3600 for Labour Party use of risograph printing machine.

* And Paul Waugh on the “start of the peers show”.

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