Quit If You're Unhappy, Tories Tell Clegg as He Ditches 'Bedroom Tax'

After marching in step with George Osborne’s austerity programme for four years, Nick Clegg announced he now opposes the so-called bedroom tax. The policy will be radically watered down in the next Liberal Democrat manifesto, meaning claimants only have their housing benefit docked if they refuse to move to a smaller house. Senior Conservatives were angered and amused by the move, and said Mr Clegg is showing "remarkable contempt" for the principle of collective responsibility that means Cabinet ministers must defend government policies in public. In further attacks on his Coalition partners, Mr Clegg said the “headbangers have won” in Mr Cameron’s reshuffle after a number of eurosceptics were promoted. Read more on the Daily Telegraph website.