Summary

  • David Cameron and Ed Miliband clash over the NHS at their weekly Prime Minister's Questions session

  • Health secretary then faces Labour questions about new guidelines for hospitals declaring "major incidents"

  • Ex-Plaid Cymru leader Lord Wigley apologises for likening Trident base to Auschwitz concentration camp

  • There are 99 days to go until the General Election on 7 May

  • Rolling coverage from the BBC's political team - beginning with Today and Breakfast through to Newsnight

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  1. Good nightpublished at 23:56 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    That's all we've got for today - join us again for live coverage of the political scene at 06:00 tomorrow. The NHS has dominated today's headlines, whether over the integration of health and social care services, or questions about when hospitals are expected to declare a "major incident". There'll be plenty more of that to come in the months ahead. Tomorrow the parties will continue to set out their stall, and we'll be bringing you the news and reaction as it happens.

  2. Tuition feespublished at 23:50 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    Ed Miliband speakingImage source, Reuters

    At Prospect magazine, Emran Mian wonders, external what exactly Labour's policy on higher education funding is.

  3. Lessons from Greecepublished at 23:34 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    The Times

    David Aaronovitch, writing in Thursday's Times, external (behind a paywall), says: "Socialists like to think Syriza's victory will usher in a new economic order. In truth they are completely without ideas."

  4. Terrorismpublished at 23:14 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    LBC

    Green Party leader Natalie Bennett has told LBC that aiding and abetting groups such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS - whether by Facebook support or donating funds, and including membership of the organisation - would be classified as illegal under a Green government, and "prosecuted under the full effect of the law".

  5. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 23:01 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Thursday's Daily Mail: "Don't dial 999" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's Mail front pageImage source, Daily Mail
  6. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 23:01 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Thursday's Telegraph: "Men must prove a woman said yes" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's Telegraph front pageImage source, The Daily Telegraph
  7. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 23:01 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Thursday's FT: "Goldman and SocGen eye peer to peer lending push" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's FT front pageImage source, Financial Times
  8. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 23:01 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Thursday's Times: "Bank chief condemns German austerity" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's Times front pageImage source, The Times
  9. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 22:51 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Thursday's Guardian: "Rapists hiding tracks online, police warned" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers

    Tomorrow's GuardianImage source, The Guardian
  10. Michael Savage, chief political correspondent for The Timespublished at 22:50 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    tweets, external: Lord Kinnock also calls for unity, warning internal splits will be far worse than the attacks of political opponents.

  11. Michael Savage, chief political correspondent for The Timespublished at 22:38 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    tweets, external: In tomorrow's Times - Lord Kinnock warns Ed Miliband will receive worse treatment in this election campaign than he received in 1992.

  12. Postpublished at 22:35 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    BBC Newsnight
    BBC Two, 22:30

    tweets, external: Coming, #newsnight speaks to the journalist who was held hostage for 10 months by so-called Islamic State

  13. Senior Greenspublished at 22:29 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    LBC

    Natalie Bennett tells LBC there will "absolutely not" be a "scrap" between former party leader Caroline Lucas and herself over who appears in the TV debates. She says she expects "at the moment" that she will appear in the debates, but media and campaign appearances by the party's senior figures will be split.

  14. Matthew Goodwin, associate professor at Nottingham Universitypublished at 22:29 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    tweets, external: Again look at Lab & Ukip. "Society becoming less fair" (agree)

    Lab 78%

    Ukip 75%

    LD 67%

    Con 42%

    Source: YouGov http://bit.ly/1uAxDFH

  15. Allegra Stratton, BBC Newsnight political editorpublished at 22:21 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    tweets, external: 4/ I suspect that Brady may prefer not to join actual team, but instead to run rule over agreement at key moments. http://bbc.in/1z48VTG

    and

    tweets, external: Chris Huhne, 2010 negotiator, tells us: "The first + foremost lesson: make sure everybody has hands dipped in blood on both sides, or all 3"

  16. Green policiespublished at 22:15 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    LBC

    Green Party leader Natalie Bennett tells LBC radio that some of the party's aspirations listed on its website are not likely to be in the party's "fully-costed manifesto" - which will appear in March - but are hopes for the next few decades.

  17. High societypublished at 22:07 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    British company Debrett's - which describes itself as "the trusted source on British social skills, etiquette and style" - has released its annual list of the 500 most influential people in Britain. Its politics section, external contains many familiar names, and a few notable absences.

  18. Allegra Stratton, BBC Newsnight political editorpublished at 22:06 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    tweets, external: 1/ on Newsnight: expect Tory backbench 22 cttee to have role in coalition negotiations. Not just secret ballot after. http://bbc.in/1z48VTG

    and

    tweets, external: 2/ ideas being discussed in No 10: either chair of 22 cttee Graham Brady is in actual negotiating team, or he is consulted throughout

    and

    tweets, external: 3/ Liam Fox tells us if there's a coalition: "I would have thought the parli party wd demand some sort of say in what the conditions were".

  19. Tomorrow's paperspublished at 21:49 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    BBC News
    UK

    tweets, external: Thursday's Independent: "Outcry over doctors' 'cash for referrals'" (via @hendopolis) #tomorrowspaperstoday

    Tomorrow's Independent front pageImage source, The Independent
  20. Today in Parliament, 23:30published at 21:40 Greenwich Mean Time 28 January 2015

    BBC Radio 4

    The Palace of Westminster at night

    Join the BBC's Today in Parliament team at 23:30 on Radio 4 for the highlights from today's action in the Palace of Westminster. On the programme: the best bits from Prime Minister's Questions; robust debate in the Commons over healthcare policy; the House of Lords talk counter-terrorism; and Northern Ireland Office ministers answer MPs.