Nigel Farage vows to remain UKIP leader, despite a row over his leadership of the party
The rift developed after election campaign chief, Patrick O'Flynn, attacked Mr Farage's aides via a newspaper article
Chancellor George Osborne sets out plans to give English cities powers over housing, transport, planning and policing
Mary Creagh and Yvette Cooper announce bids to become Labour leader, joining Andy Burnham, Chuka Umunna and Liz Kendall
Tim Farron joins former minister Norman Lamb in the race to succeed Nick Clegg as Liberal Democrat leader
Image source, ReutersJust a reminder - this is what David Cameron said yesterday, which is the subject of a Telegraph, external editorial today.
Quote MessageFor too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone. It’s often meant we have stood neutral between different values. And that’s helped foster a narrative of extremism and grievance.
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Bank of England governor Mark Carney strikes a diplomatic note when asked whether a likely referendum on the UK's membership of the EU is causing uncertainty for business.
"There has been an awareness of some of this political uncertainty" within businesses caused by both the election and a possible referendum, he says.
However, he claims "they have not yet acted on that uncertainty" and have continued to invest.
Quote MessageI think that it's in the interest of everybody that there is clarity about the process and the question and the decision.
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David Cameron has been warned over his plans to tackle extremism - following his remarks on Wednesday on radicalisation - from what might be considered an unlikely source: the Daily Telegraph., external
Its editorial it warns David Cameron that, in trying to protect democracy, "the government should be careful not to water down further our most precious value: freedom of expression".
I see that George Osborne is starting the destruction of England by splitting it up into what will become competing areas in a country hell bent on its own demise.
If it's right for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to have devolved powers and an assembly to operate such powers then it's right for England, ALL OF ENGLAND, to have the same. Is there a whiff of self interest in the lack of English MP's, or parties even, who see it this way? Would they know "fair" it it smacked 'em in the eye?
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If the word "productivity" doesn't set your pulse racing, it probably should. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says it is the main determinant of national living standards.
The Bank of England;'s inflation report said on Wednesday that, for every hour the nation works, we are producing less than we were seven years ago.
"It has been worse than we expected. In fact, it's been worse than we expected for the last seven years," Bank governor Mark Carney tells Today.
He says this "sharp fall" in productivity is "one of the great costs of the financial crisis".
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Image source, PASir Richard Leese, the leader of Manchester City council, speaks to Today about government plans to give English cities more powers - including allowing Greater Manchester to elect a mayor.
"It's probably going to take us some years to evolve a proper system of fiscal devolution but it's got to happen," he says.
He calls for "a new constitutional settlement for local government in England" in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum.
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If you expect the Labour leadership contest to be a relatively simple process, think again. Judging by an article in the Daily Telegraph, external by Labour MP for Rochdale Simon Danczuk, it's going to be anything but. He accuses his party of appearing out of touch to voters. And he says Labour's current front bench lacks diversity and is "dripping with privilege".
"It can’t be right that privately educated sons of barons, nieces of earls and millionaires dominate the top positions," he says. Ouch.
Quote MessageTo the man or woman in the pub, Labour seems like a party that’s run by a distant Metropolitan elite that neither looks like or sounds like they understand the reality of their lives."
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Image source, PA"Is Douglas Carswell on the brink of becoming an independent MP?" asks BBC political correspondent Robin Brant.
Today's UKIP row follows a stand-off between the Clacton MP and UKIP officials over public money they are entitled to receive.
We should hear more from Nigel Farage when he appears on Question Time tonight, Robin adds.
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It can be tricky to navigate the various - we'll call them traditional rather than antiquated - rules as a new MP in Parliament. Where to sit, how to submit a question for PMQs, where to leave your sword...
But it seems a number of the SNP's new entrants have fallen foul of the rules within a matter of days by taking selfies at the dispatch box - when photography inside the House of Commons is strictly prohibited - among other things, according to the Daily Mail., external
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BBC political correspondent Robin Brant tells Today that "the u-turn by Nigel Farage on his leadership" was a factor leading to the current row within UKIP.
Mr Farage stood down after failing to win a Commons seat but ended up staying on after the party rejected his resignation.
"That surprised many, including Douglas Carswell - the party's only MP," Robin says.
He adds that "there is sympathy" within UKIP for what Patrick O'Flynn has said, but others are happy with Mr Farage's leadership.
One of the party's major donors, Arron Banks, has attacked Patrick O'Flynn as a "weak performer" during the election campaign and urged what he described as "lesser people" in the party to stop squabbling.
Quote Message"It's all gone very nasty and very public."
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"I fully accept the drubbing that we got" in the election, Tim Farron says, but adds: "I believe this party must be saved and it can be saved."
He says the decision to go into coalition with the Conservatives in 2010 was "absolutely the right thing to do in the national interest [but] was always going to be hugely damaging for the party".
Quote MessageWe know that there is no God-given right for us to survive as a party or to come back but there's plenty of precedent for us to work from to make sure we have that comeback.
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If you thought UKIP's internal struggles were bad, the Spectator magazine has a story that suggests things were bad in the Labour camp right up to election day.
According to the magazine,, external former Labour leader Ed Miliband's team knew his shadow chancellor Ed Balls was on course to lose his seat two weeks before the election. But no-one told Mr Balls and instead Mr Miliband's office chose to sit on the opinion polling data it had, the Spectator alleges. Had they told him, it might have given Mr Balls the time to turn things around in his constituency which he lost by just 400 votes.
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BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith tells BBC Radio 4's Today that there is "no stand-out front runner" in Labour's leadership race as yet.
Andy Burnham would have a "network" of supporters and within the unions - but he thinks the campaign leading up to the leadership election will decide the matter.
And he asks if UKIP is "on the cusp now of imploding" after Patrick O'Flynn's attack on Nigel Farage and senior aides within the party.
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Image source, Getty ImagesLib Dem MP Tim Farron has announced that he will stand for the leadership of the party.
The former care minister, Norman Lamb, has already said he will stand.
Quote MessageI spent six days listening to hundreds and hundreds of members who have been urging me to do it and my message to them is: if they are up for the fightback, I will step forward and put myself forward to be the next leader of the Liberal Democrats.
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Image source, PANigel Farage has become a "snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive" man, UKIP's election campaign chief has said in a powerful attack on the party leader.
Economics spokesman Patrick O'Flynn told The Times, external Mr Farage risked turning the party into a "personality cult".
Mr O'Flynn, an MEP, said Mr Farage's behaviour also risked the party being seen as an "absolute monarchy".
Mr Farage has not yet responded, but a major party donor said the leader had "given his all" to building the party.
Image source, AFPChancellor George Osborne is to make a speech in Manchester setting out plans to give English cities powers over housing, transport, planning and policing.
Greater Manchester, which will elect a mayor in two years and take on such powers, should become a blueprint for other large cities, he will say in his first post-election speech.
The "old model" of running everything from London is "broken" and has unbalanced the economy, he will add.
A Cities Devolution Bill will be in the Queen's Speech later this month - and the chancellor is also expected to say that the government will also deliver the devolution to Scotland and Wales it promised.
Image source, VariousEx-cabinet ministers Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper are to stand for Labour's leadership, joining Chuka Umunna and Liz Kendall in the race to succeed Ed Miliband.
Under the timetable drawn up by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC), hopefuls have until 15 June to meet the requirement of having the backing of 15% of the party's MPs by gaining nominations from 34 colleagues.
Under rules agreed last year, all Labour Party members, registered supporters and affiliated supporters - including union members - will be allowed one vote each.
The ballot will close on 10 September, with the new leader announced two days later. Labour's annual conference begins on 27 September.