WATCH: James Wharton says Conservative MPs are “disciplined and focused” in support of his referendum Bill

…while Lib Dem Martin Horwood still won’t say if he supports it or not.

WATCH: Anna Soubry’s Question Time attack on Nigel Farage over UKIP’s immigration claims

Your Party put out a leaflet saying that 29 million people were going to flood into Britain – and they’re only 27 million of them anyway.”

Luke Parker steps into the vacancy on the Croydon South longlist

The selection of Robert Jenrick in Newark left an opening in the process.

Poll shows strong support for spare room subsidy cut

Overall support runs at 49 per cent, with 33 per cent opposed.

Council by-election results from yesterday

No seats switch so far – but Harrow votes are being counted today

Read the full letter from Peter Cruddas to his supporters

“If you get it wrong you stand up straight away and make it clear you are trying to put things right.”

Why Adam Afriyie should withdraw his amendment to the Wharton bill today

There’s no majority in the Commons for a pre-2017 referendum. All the Afriyie amendment can help achieve is to delay and thus endanger the bill.

Interview by Andrew Gimson: Philip Hammond declares war on lunch, and on regimental campaigners

The Defence Secretary denies he is stifling debate, and attacks “misdirected individuals”

Iain Dale: Should would-be Tory MPs have to declare their religious views?

Also: Reflections on chairing the Tonbridge and Malling primary. And why I like Piers Morgan…and Tony Benn.

Lewis Baston: The day 50 years ago when our last unelected Prime Minister faced the voters

Or: how a newly-minted commoner was endorsed by a Perthshire electorate.

Nida Broughton: Why deciding to build more is so hard

We don’t talk about housing in the way we used to. In the 1960s, both the Conservatives and Labour competed on the number of houses they would build.

Motorists will punish councillors at the polls who don’t provide fair treatment

Black ribbons were wrapped around posts in Welwyn to mark “the death of the village” with the proposed introduction of new parking restrictions.

Newslinks

Friday 8th November 2013

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Wharton’s referendum Bill returns to Parliament – but will Afriyie wreck it?

“Maverick Tory Adam Afriyie last night indicated he would defy the Prime Minister and force a Commons vote as he tries to make the PM hold a referendum before the 2015 general election. Mr Cameron has pledged to hold the referendum by the end of 2017…Senior Tories fear his intervention could reduce the chance of the legislation becoming law and fuel public perceptions that the Tories remain divided on Europe.” – Daily Mail

• Labour’s arguments don’t stack up – Daniel Hannan, Daily Telegraph
• Fears the balance of competences review will come up empty – FT
• Roma leader warns of welfare tourists coming to Britain – Daily Express
• Nissan boss makes threat over EU exit – The Guardian

>Today: ToryDiary: Why Adam Afriyie should withdraw his amendment to the James Wharton bill today

>Yesterday: 

• ToryDiary: A third of Tory members back Afriyie’s EU referendum plan
• Stuart Coster: The People’s Pledge’s League Table of Shame. The MPs who could wreck the Wharton EU referendum bill

Govt bids to boost savings by allowing flexibility in private sector pensions

“The changes spell the end of annuities – the guaranteed income for life traditionally bought with a pension pot. These have been criticised for offering poor value for money and condemning many savers to a poverty-stricken old age. The Government wants to persuade employers not to abandon generous final salary pension schemes, many of which have been closed in recent years because they are too expensive.” – Daily Express

• End widows’ pensions to save final salary schemes – Daily Mail
• Inflation could eat away at pension pots – Daily Telegraph
• Cut taxes on buying a house – Daily Telegraph Leader

>Today: Nida Broughton on Comment: Why deciding to build more is so hard

Spy chiefs attack Snowden leaks in Parliament

“Terrorists are ‘lapping up’ The Guardian’s reporting of stolen top-secret documents and using it to evade detection, Britain’s intelligence and security chiefs warned last night. In an unprecedented joint public appearance, the heads of domestic spy service MI5, overseas agency MI6 and the GCHQ listening post launched a devastating attack on the newspaper’s reporting of confidential files stolen by Edward Snowden.” – Daily Mail

• Well done to the spooks – Daily Express Leader
• Blame for the next atrocity may fall on Snowden – The Sun Says (£)
• Human Rights Act is a gift to our enemies – Daily Mail Leader
• Chilcot Inquiry may never end due to secrecy – Daily Mail
• Terror suspect on the run gets legal aid to sue the UK – Daily Mail Continue to all today’s Newslinks

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