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| Politics live blog: Tuesday 1 May 2012 | Politics live blog: Tuesday 1 May 2012 |
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| 9.39am: Damian Green (pictured), the immigration minister, was on the Today programme this morning talking about the delays at Heathrow. He accepted that passengers were waiting too long. | |
| Official Border Force figures show that [the time some passengers have had to wait] is about an hour and a half. I agree that that is too long. I can see why people are annoyed by that. We are taking significant steps to make sure that Border Force is more flexible so that we have the right people in the right place at the right time. | |
| 9.20am: Nick Clegg was on Radio 5 Live this morning. He said that he expected the Lib Dems to do better in this year's local elections than they did in last year's because the mood was different. | |
| I have actually been round the country talking to many, many people and I actually find that there a different mood compared to last year. Yes, there is a lot of anxiety about the economy. Yes, there is a lot of uncertainty about what the future holds, but I actually think we are getting a hearing. People are listening to us this year in a way that wasn't always the case last year. | |
| 9.04am: For the record, here are the YouGov GB polling figures from last night. | 9.04am: For the record, here are the YouGov GB polling figures from last night. |
| Labour: 42% (up 2 points from YouGov in the Sunday Times) Conservatives: 35% (up 6) Lib Dems: 8% (down 3) | Labour: 42% (up 2 points from YouGov in the Sunday Times) Conservatives: 35% (up 6) Lib Dems: 8% (down 3) |
| Labour lead: 7 points | Labour lead: 7 points |
| Government approval: -36 | Government approval: -36 |
| At UK Polling Report, Anthony Wells says that Sunday's poll, which had the Tories on 29%, and this poll, which has the Labour lead narrower than it has been in other recent YouGov polls, may both be outliers. | At UK Polling Report, Anthony Wells says that Sunday's poll, which had the Tories on 29%, and this poll, which has the Labour lead narrower than it has been in other recent YouGov polls, may both be outliers. |
| 8.40am: It's almost three years since the Guardian reporter Nick Davies reignited the phone hacking controversy with the publication of a story containing evidence of a cover-up at the News of the World and the Commons culture committee has been looking at the issue ever since that story first appeared. (Here's what happened when Davies gave evidence to them in July 2009.) The committee published a report in February 2010. But today we're getting another report with its final verdict on the matter - or at least as much of its final verdict as it feels it can publish without prejudicing any possible forthcoming prosecutions. My Guardian Media colleagues will be leading our coverage of this, but I'll be following it too. | 8.40am: It's almost three years since the Guardian reporter Nick Davies reignited the phone hacking controversy with the publication of a story containing evidence of a cover-up at the News of the World and the Commons culture committee has been looking at the issue ever since that story first appeared. (Here's what happened when Davies gave evidence to them in July 2009.) The committee published a report in February 2010. But today we're getting another report with its final verdict on the matter - or at least as much of its final verdict as it feels it can publish without prejudicing any possible forthcoming prosecutions. My Guardian Media colleagues will be leading our coverage of this, but I'll be following it too. |
| Otherwise, it's quiet. Here's the agenda for the day. | Otherwise, it's quiet. Here's the agenda for the day. |
| 10am: Peers will conclude a debate on Lords reform. | 10am: Peers will conclude a debate on Lords reform. |
| 11.30am: The Commons culture committee publishes its long-awaited report on phone hacking. As Dan Sabbagh and Patrick Wintour report in the Guardian today, James Murdoch will be formally criticised. Members of the committee are holding a press conference. | 11.30am: The Commons culture committee publishes its long-awaited report on phone hacking. As Dan Sabbagh and Patrick Wintour report in the Guardian today, James Murdoch will be formally criticised. Members of the committee are holding a press conference. |
| 1.30pm: Parliament will prorogue. A short ceremony will mark the end of the current session of parliament, which has lasted almost two years. A new session will start with the Queen's Spech next week. | 1.30pm: Parliament will prorogue. A short ceremony will mark the end of the current session of parliament, which has lasted almost two years. A new session will start with the Queen's Spech next week. |
| As usual, I'll be covering all the breaking political news, as well as looking at the papers and bringing you the best politics from the web. I'll post a lunchtime summary at around 1pm. But I'll be wrapping up early because I've got a local election article to write this afternoon. | As usual, I'll be covering all the breaking political news, as well as looking at the papers and bringing you the best politics from the web. I'll post a lunchtime summary at around 1pm. But I'll be wrapping up early because I've got a local election article to write this afternoon. |
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