Under fire for his party's handling of allegations against ex-chief executive Lord Rennard, he said voters could trust the party's record in office.

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Home office minister Baroness Browning came under fire as she refused to say, in answer to Labour's Lord Morris of Manchester, whether the coalition had consulted the Police Federation on cuts to police forces.

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