Mr Clegg declined to answer and instead responded that the coalition had been created to clear up Labour's "mess".

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Answer: probably Mr Lafontaine, if the tax programme the coalition has just agreed on is anything to go by.

ECONOMIST: Germany

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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