VERDICT: Once again, Ed Miliband caught David Cameron out on an obscure point; this time about NHS reform. But, it was much too narrow a line of questioning and he had nothing to say on today’s other issues (Greece, Ken Clarke’s knife crime u-turn or tomorrow’s strikes etc.). Indeed, Labour was silent on the issue of tomorrow’s strikes and the economy. Cameron easily turned this to his advantage, painting Labour as being trapped in the pocket of the unions. Thus, was victory won from an awkward position.
12:30: Finally, a question Labour’s backbenchers about pension reform in the public sector, but it sounds like a half-hearted after-thought. Cameron defends his reforms, saying that he agrees with Lord Hutton that public sector pensions must be sustainable. And that’s it. My short verdict to follow.
12:26: Tory Alok Sharma asks a patsy about pension reform, comparing the government’s plans with Gordon Brown’s raid on private pensions.
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