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Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has insisted he will not be a kingmaker in the upcoming election. With polls pointing to a hung parliament, there has been speculation as to what the Liberal Democrats would do.

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The Sunday Times reports on the Labour party's plans to target mothers in marginal constituencies by sending postcards outlining their childcare policies. Similarly, the Independent says that Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper will this week unveil plans to extend flexible working hours as part of plans to target the "mainstream mum" vote.

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The Sunday Times reports that justice secretary, Jack Straw, will bring a draft bill on Lords reform within the next few weeks, outlining radical plans to abolish the current House of Lords and replace it with a 300-seat wholly elected second chamber.

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David Cameron and George Osborne is alleged to have "mocked" the height of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, angering the French government, reports the Mail on Sunday.

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The House of Lords has used parliamentary privilege to prevent the release of details of a ruling that led to the collapse of criminal inquiries into the expenses of Baroness Uddin and Lord Paul. The Sunday Telegraph reports that Lord Paul has since repaid £38,000 in expenses.

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Lloyds banking group is planning to spin off a portion of its commercial property portfolio into a separate, tax efficient company, according to the Independent on Sunday.

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A decision by the Treasury to overrule the army's preference for a BAE Systems tank in favour of a model built in Austria and Spain, has led BAE to warn that "hundreds of jobs" are likely to go in the British armoured vehicle sector.

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The Sunday Times reports that Gordon Brown plans to create a new bank holiday called "Pride in Britain" day to honour "community heroes" - once the economic recovery is secure.

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The government has signalled tightening the drink drive limit to less than a pint of beer or glass of wine. Lord Adonis, the transport secretary, said: "a strong case has been made to have a lower limit".

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Two adverts commissioned by climate change secretary, Ed Miliband have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for "overstating" the dangers of global warming.

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Ex-defence secretary Geoff Hoon and ex-armed forces minister Adam Ingram are expected to make witness statements at an inquiry into the death of an Iraqi civilian, Baha Mousa whilst in British military custody.

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Bosnia has demanded an apology over alleged "mistreatment" of former president, Ejup Ganic in prison. Ganic who was arrested on March 1 and granted bail on Thursday, claims he was denied consular assistance and access to medication for three days.

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Shadow international development secretary Andrew Mitchell claimed 13p for Tipp-Ex and 45p for a glue stick on his expenses, the Mail on Sunday reports.

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Shadow chancellor George Osborne has told the News of the World it would be "pretty extraordinary" if a government elected this year on a mandate of cutting the deficit did not begin doing so in this financial year.

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Denise Fergus has called for the sacking of children's commissioner, Dr Maggie Atkinson, over what she called "twisted and insensitive" comments about her son's killers. Dr Atkinson said Jon Venables and Robert Thompson should not have been prosecuted because they were too young to understand the consquences of their actions.

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Germany's Finance Ministry has said it is not aware of any deal by eurozone countries to bail out Greece, although reports in several British newspapers this morning that a deal had been struck.

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Unite's political director, Charlie Whelan, has said that up to 100,000 Unite members in 90 marginals will be contacted by the union and urged to vote Labour.

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Shadow Chancellor George Osborne was spoken to a number of times by David Cameron about the possibility that Cameron may sack him, the Tory leader has revealed in an interview.

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The Foreign Secretary David Miliband will pressure China to support tougher sanctions against Iran, according to reports.

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Friday 22nd May 2009 | 12:11

Featherstone: First Baby P review “incompetent or at worst a cover up”

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    • 22/05/09
    • Lynne Featherstone MP, Liberal Democrat MP
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Ms Featherstone said the first serious case review into the death of Baby P has been shown to be “incompetent or at worst a cover up” by the second review released today.

She said she hadn’t read the second serious case review in detail yet but her first reaction was that it showed the first to be “incompetent or at worst a cover up”.

She added that that she was struck by ”the sheer casualness of every individual or agency involved” in the Baby P case.

“I was quite shocked to find that those who were trained to challenge accepted that which was said.

“Those working with babies at risk have got to understand the child comes first. I’m incredulous that the social workers were so willing to take at face value what was told to them.”

She added that Haringey had “a rotten culture” and that needs to change.

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