Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happen
We'll be focusing on welfare and the public services today. With David Cameron on a mission to rescue the health bill, Ed Miliband will be setting out his own thoughts on the future of the public services. And Steve Webb will be publishing details of the government's plans for the future of the state pensions. Webb has already been giving a series of interviews this morning; I'll post the highlights shortly.
Here's the full diary for the day.
8.30am: Michael Gove, the education secretary, visits a school in London to publicise new guidance saying headteachers will be able to press criminal charges against pupils who make false allegations against teachers in England.
11am: Ed Miliband delivers a speech on the future of public services. He will use it to urge David Cameron to shelve his plans to NHS reform and to convene cross-party talks on the NHS's future instead.
3.30pm: Steve Webb, the pensions minister, is expected to make a statement in the Commons about the government's plans for a universal state pension.
4pm: The Ministry of Defence is to announce details of its army and navy redundancy programme.
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, and an afternoon one at about 4pm.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2011/apr/04/politics-live-blog
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