During Prime Minister?s Questions, Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, accused Mr Cameron of being ?in a total mess on his sentencing policy just like on all his other crime policies.?
Mr Cameron countered that Labour had agreed with the policy. However, his own backbenchers worry that the Tories are throwing away any claim to be the party that is tough on crime. Philip Davies, a Tory MP, told Sky News: ?I hope that the Prime Minister has seen that this was doing massive damage to the Government, to the Conservative brand. Ken Clarke was in danger of single-handedly ruining the Conservative Party?s reputation as the party of law and order.?
In the Commons, Philip Hollobone, another backbencher, asked the Prime Minister why, when magistrates had to retire at 70, the Justice Secretary was still in his post at nearly 71. The Prime Minister replied: ?He is doing a superb job and there is plenty more fuel in the tank.?
However, Mr Clarke is suspected to be on a list of older colleagues that Mr Cameron will ?retire? from the Cabinet at some stage in his first two years at No?10.
The policy reversal comes 24 hours after Mr Cameron stepped in to get a grip on the NHS reforms and offer concessions to the Liberal Democrats.
Earlier this year, he ordered Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary, to ditch plans to sell off areas of forest.
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