7.30pm WATCH: George Osborne discusses the Coalition's pro-manufacturing agenda
4.30pm Parliament: Tory MPs divided on No Fly Zone during Hague statement on Libya
2pm Local government:
1.45pm LeftWatch: Are Labour MPs given a bonus for how many times they accuse Downing Street of "incompetence" in a single interview?
11.30am Bill Cash MP on Comment: Time to tackle the enemies of enterprise that come from Europe
ToryDiary: The Party Manifesto, not Coalition Agreement, should most guide voting of Tory MPs
MUST WATCH: Channel 4's five minute report on the "fragile" mood of Tory MPs
Nadine Dorries MP on Comment: Britain’s abortion laws currently leave vulnerable women without the most basic support and help to which they should be entitled
On the Local government blog, John Bald on the remarkable success of Mossbourne Community Academy in Hackney: What's its secret?
Also on Local government: Defections update and Senior Shropshire Council managers agree to 5% pay cut
ThinkTankCentral: Britain has most anti-family tax system in Europe
Gazette: Schedule of upcoming No2AV speaker meetings around the country
Clegg wants any spare cash used to raise income tax allowance, not lower fuel duty
"The chancellor gave a strong hint on Saturday that he would reverse plans for a 1p rise in fuel duty. Reversing the rise, due to take effect in April, would cost the Treasury about £500m. But Mr Osborne is being urged by Mr Clegg, the deputy prime minister, not to go too far in offering tax cuts to motorists. He argues that scarce resources should be focused on raising the income tax threshold towards £10,000, a long-term target in the coalition agreement." – FT (£)
I'll set business free vows Cameron in blast at civil service
"David Cameron launched an extraordinary attack on his own civil servants last night for loading costs on to business, as he set out the ‘moral’ case for enterprise. The Prime Minister expressed intense frustration with the failure of officials to understand that firms buckling under the weight of Labour’s red tape ‘frankly cannot take it any more’. ‘If I have to pull these people into my office in No 10 to argue this out myself and get them off the backs of business, then, believe me, I’ll do it,’ he said." – Daily Mail
…As Boris begs HSBC to stay in London – Telegraph | Andrew Lilico on why HSBC might still quit
> Yesterday's ToryDiary on Cameron's "Enemies of Enterprise" speech.
Osborne said to back forcing big UK banks to capitalise their retail and investment arms separately – FT (£)
IDS says unemployed need to be trained to fill 500,000 vacancies
"UK unemployment stands at 2.5 million. Mr Duncan Smith told the Conservative spring conference in Cardiff that was less of a problem than some have suggested. “It’s shortsighted to say there aren’t any jobs at the moment. The fact is there are around half a million vacancies in the economy at the moment,” he said. “It’s not the absence of jobs that’s the problem. It’s the failure to match the unemployed to the jobs there are.”" – Telegraph
In latest sign of Cameron's determination to grip Whitehall, he's ready to axe under-performing ministerial advisers – Benedict Brogan in The Telegraph
Ken Clarke: AV supporters are from 'fringes of politics' – Guardian
> Saturday's ToryDiary: Baroness Warsi tells Tory activists that defeating AV is their most important task on May 5th
Jeremy Hunt's decision on BSkyB risks continuing coolness between the Mail, Telegraph and Cameron – Stephen Glover in The Independent
Cameron red-faced as Libyan authorities release phone calls showing diplomat operation had amateur feel – Guardian
Boris Johnson slams Labour's involvement in Libya: "We allowed the Labour PM to slobber over him in a tent, we gave his son some absurd degree and, most sickeningly of all, under Gordon Brown the legal process was subverted and the Lockerbie bomber went back in triumph to Tripoli. The British state, or rather the Labour government, engaged in an act of deep moral corruption." – The Telegraph
Government sources: We'll “shed no tears” if the Duke of York resigned as UK trade envoy – Times (£) | But, publicly, Hague gives Prince Andrew backing
Andrew Gilligan investigates the wasteful spending of councils that are axeing frontline services – Telegraph
Liberal Democrat MP says give every adult £1,000 of RBS shares – BBC
David Miliband reflects on leadership defeat
"David Miliband committed himself to domestic politics yesterday despite admitting that losing the Labour leadership to his brother still causes him pain. “Sometimes it hurts,” Mr Miliband said as he conceded that the upset had forced him to scale back his ambitions, although he added that he still wanted to change the world “but in smaller ways perhaps than I had once hoped”." – Times (£)
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen complains about travel expense claims of Balls and Cooper – Metro
George Monbiot's manifesto for the Left's future: Tax, tax, tax and tax – Guardian
Cardiff Assembly’s Presiding Officer says the Wales Office should be shut down – Western Mail
Institute for Government calls for 25 top appointments to be subject to parliamentary scrutiny where political impartiality is crucial – FT (£)
And finally… John Prescott is to read the shipping forecast on Radio 4 for Red Nose Day – The Sun