Charles Kennedy takes questions
yesterday. Photograph: Martin Argles
Tax is the central item on the agenda of the Liberal Democrat conference in Blackpool today. Our political editor Oliver King has been talking to Vincent Cable, the party's Treasury spokesman; you can read - and hear - that interview later this morning. At 11.20am, Mr Cable is due to take the stage - we'll have a report shortly afterwards.
Also speaking today is Sarah Teather, the local government spokesman. She'll be defending her plans for local income tax, as she told Hélène Mulholland this morning.
The main policy motion under debate today is for part-privatisation of the Post Office. After an embarrassing rejection of the leadership's plans on Europe yesterday, we might expect sparks to fly.
Away from Blackpool, but likely to be causing a stir at the fringe this afternoon, David Miliband, the minister for local government, is making an announcement this morning on council tax - we reported last week that the government is likely to put off the controversial revaluation in England and Wales planned for next year. Watch this space.
We'll also be getting another instalment of Martin Argles's Blackpool photo diary, and an update from Jeremy Browne MP. Before then, though, you might want to catch up with Simon Hoggart's sketch.
