A Guardian/ICM poll published today gives the Conservatives a 12-point lead over Labour, and says the Tories are now the most trusted party on the economy. Julian Glover says it's grim reading for Gordon Brown.
Westminster correspondent David Hencke says the cash-for-influence allegations facing four Labour peers are worse than the cash-for-questions scandal that hit John Major's government in the 1990s.
President Barack Obama has reversed two Bush policies on the environment.
States are to be allowed to set a limit on car exhaust emissions, and the motor industry is to be instructed to build more environmentally friendly vehicles.
Suzanne Goldenberg, in Washington, says it sends an important signal on the new president's determination to end the US dependency on oil.
There was bleak news yesteday for thousands of workers across the world, who were told they are losing their jobs.
In Britain, the steelmaker Corus said it was cutting 2,500 staff. We hear the views of several at the company's Llanwern plant in south Wales.
Many BBC staff are reportedly livid at the corporation's refusal to broadcast an emergency humanitarian appeal on behalf of the people of Gaza. Paul Lewis says rival networks screened the film last night.
Steven Morris reports from Lisbon, where an international agency is coordinating efforts to tackle the cocaine trade.
