
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk
* Osborne attacks Balls in the Guardian – with an article that suggests he’s rattled.
* Sunny Hundal debunks Osborne’s 4 claims.
* Meanwhile, Labour has a lead over the Tories with the “squeezed middle”.
* Education won’t stop the west getting poorer.
* Anti-gay Christians lose foster ruling.
* Immigration fees rise sharply.
* Have Yes to AV broken data protection rules?
* And the Tories outspent both Labour and the Lib Dems at the last election.


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