Miliband defends Labour over debt: 8 in the morning – January 6th

8am

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Miliband hits back at the Tories over Labour’s record and debt.

* Senior Tory Norman Tebbit wants the Lib Dems to finish 4th in Oldham.

* Steve Richards says that the fears of the Tory right can be allayed.

* Neal Lawson praises Ed Miliband in the Guardian.

* Labour joins the fight against prisoners’ votes.

* Leading medics challenge Lansley over NHS reforms.

* NOTW suspends news editor over phone hacking.

* And David Cameron says control orders “need replacing”.

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