9pm ToryDiary: Guto Harri to be Boris' communications chief
7.45pm ToryDiary: YouGov puts Conservatives 26% ahead
5pm PlayPolitical video: Watch Alex Salmond get the better of Wendy Alexander at Scottish First Minister's Questions
3.30pm ToryDiary: Cameron presses Brown again on his split with Wendy Alexander
1pm ToryDiary: Boris launches full audit of City hall finances
Noon ToryDiary: Tories relaunch promise to abolish stamp duty for most first-time buyers
Dominic Grieve QC MP on Platform: Is "Britishness" useful or redundant?
ToryDiary: Labour's Scottish nightmare
Parliament: David Cameron initiates Westminster Hall debate on flooding
PlayPolitical videos:
- Michael Gove tells Telegraph TV that the party has big ideas on crime, families, schools and welfare
- Clinton's Communications Director explains why Hillary is fighting on
Telegraph and Mail welcome tougher classification of cannabis and Boris' booze ban
Gordon Brown made a brave and justified decision on cannabis - Daily Mail leader
"For more than four decades, social liberalism has had a largely unfettered run in this country. The tilt towards permissiveness which began during Roy Jenkins's tenure at the Home Office in the mid-Sixties has largely shaped the way we live... Yesterday, two things happened that may just start to turn that tide..." - Telegraph leader
"Recognising that downgrading cannabis was a mistake is a step towards mending Broken Britain." - Sun Says
> Video: RMT union leader mocks Boris' public transport booze ban
> Video: Home Secretary Jacqui Smith tells the Commons why she is toughening the classification of cannabis
> ToryDiary: Boris moves quickly to impose alcohol ban on London's tube and buses
> Peter Franklin: Who decided to downgrade cannabis in the first place?
Boris promises to give crime maps to Neighbourhood Watch groups - Guardian
George Osborne backs Telegraph petition against new motoring taxes - Telegraph
What should David Cameron do next?
In an article for The Telegraph Iain Martin advices David Cameron to present a balanced team, not just Etonians; against premature triumphalism; and of conducting themselves ethically as money starts moving again to the Conservatives
ConservativeHome Editor Tim Montgomerie argues for measures to 'lock in the base', reach into Labour's heartland and create an online supporters' base - The Guardian
Labour is £20m in red and its lenders are due to be repaid - FT
Mandelson: Scrapping 10p band was "very big mistake" - BBC
Peter Riddell examines latest Populus poll's findings on tax - Times
MPs spend £100,000 to keep expenses secret - Telegraph
What if Scotland did become independent? - Andrew Roberts looks forward to 2025 in the Daily Mail
MPs attack "inept" handling of junior doctors recruitment crisis - BBC
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