10pm ToryDiary: Labour take 10% lead in ComRes poll for the first time since the election
7.15pm WATCH: Francis Maude: For 13 years Labour had the chance to reform party funding, but did nothing
5pm WATCH: David Cameron: "One of the great challenges of our time" is the "quiet crisis" of dementia
2.45pm WATCH: Michael Fallon: "We had the trade unions directly controlling the last Labour government"
2pm ToryDiary: David Cameron announces investigation into cash for access allegations will be led by Lord Gold
1.15pm Local government: Boris publishes Transport Manifesto
Noon ConHomeUSA: Romney hits 40% for first time
11.30am ToryDiary: Where's the Party Chairman?
11am Local government: Labour councillor tweets that she hoped Thatcher had died
10.30am LISTEN: Tim Yeo: "It's clear that Britain is losing out" by not having a third Heathrow runway
ToryDiary: The victims of Cruddas-gate aren't the voters. They're the donors.
Columnist Bruce Anderson: Now Peter Cruddas has resigned, David Cameron should launch a counter-attack against Labour
J P Floru on Comment: Winning a majority with good policies for drivers
Local government: Boris rules out third runway at Heathrow
WATCH:
David Cameron has lost whatever goodwill he had with the non-Tory press while offending the right-wing press on a succession of issues – Stephen Glover in The Independent
Cruddasgate – The implications for funding of political parties
Cruddasgate – The political implications for Cameron
The Sunday Times sting is a reminder that we need a free and investigative press – Melanie Phillips for the Daily Mail
Poll surge for Labour as anger over Osborne's 'granny tax' grows – Daily Mail
Tim Montgomerie: Tories should consider restoring 10p tax band
"The Tory leader needs a tax policy that helps the low-paid and is associated with him rather than Nick Clegg. The restoration of the 10p tax band would be my suggestion and it could be funded by faster spending cuts." – Tim Montgomerie in The Times (£)
Jeff Randall: Lower spending not more taxation of the rich is the UK's problem
"The top one per cent of Britain’s earners account for nearly 30 per cent of all income tax receipts. They pay £45 billion a year. How much must they cough up in order to pass the decency test? 40 per cent? 50 per cent? I put this question to the Shadow Chancellor last week. He would not answer." – Jeff Randall in The Telegraph
Cameron set to tackle the stigma of dementia as he puts the crisis on the scale of HIV
"Launching a 'national challenge on dementia', Mr Cameron will set out plans to step up research into cures and treatments and to ensure that the health and social care systems are equipped to deal with the problem. Overall funding for dementia research is to reach £66 million by 2015, from £26.6 million 2010." – Daily Mail
Daniel Poulter MP: My experience as a doctor leads me to oppose making assisted suicide any easier under the law
"A change in the law directly supporting the legalisation of assisted dying would run the risk of increasing pressure on the terminally ill and people with disabilities to end their lives… Instead of contemplating any change in the law, we should be focusing on the development of high-quality palliative care for patients and their families, to ensure that end-of-life care continues to meet the needs of the terminally ill." – Daniel Poulter MP in The Guardian
Boris Johnson promises to veto third Heathrow runway
"The Mayor said the runway would cause “intolerable traffic and fumes in the west of the city – and it will not be built as long as I am mayor of London.” The Tories ruled out the prospect of a third runway in their 2010 manifesto, but last week chancellor George Osborne used his Budget to acknowledge the need for airport expansion in the South East." – City AM
> Yesterday's ToryDiary: Cameron and Osborne execute a V-turn on their opposition to a third Heathrow runway
School playing fields will be given special protection under revised planning reforms – Telegraph
New driver-less Tube trains will lead to cheaper tickets and challenge the power of “hardline union bosses”, promises Boris Johnson – The Telegraph
Equality campaigners warn that localised pay will hurt women – Independent
What should an industrial policy look like? – Michael Heseltine in The Times (£)
Francis Maude says Coalition has learnt lessons from last petrol tankers dispute – The Sun
Theresa May plans crackdown on sham marriages as backdoor way of entering UK – Express
Ruth Davidson's dithering is not helping protect the Union – Brian Monteith for The Scotsman
The Fresh Start group of Tory MPs, led by Andrea Leadsom MP, is urging David Cameron to consider battery of measures to prevent Britain’s financial services sector being hobbled by EU legislation – FT (£)
70 MPs have received iPads on expenses – at a cost to taxpayers of at least £28,000 – Daily Mail
David Miliband says he has the "humility" to realise that his return to frontline politics would be bad for Labour – BBC
Bomb Iran and it will surely decide to pursue nuclear arms – Mehdi Hasan for The Guardian
And finally… Cameron is more of a hare than a tortoise
"Mr Cameron tore away from the rest of the field like an Olympic sprinter, leaving his wife, daughter and son trailing in his wake. But the ill-advised start swiftly caught up with him as like the proverbial hare he was overtaken by more sensibly paced runners, including some young children, eventually wheezing across the finish line in a time of 11 minutes." – Telegraph
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