Allegra Stratton is joined by the Liberal Democrats' Richard Grayson, the Observer's Nick Cohen and the Guardian's Michael White to examine the pressures facing Britain's lower middle class.
This week David Willetts announced proposals to raise tuition fees to a minimum of £6,000 a year. There are measures to amelioriate this for the less well off, but what about the middle?
This follows the scrapping of Education Maintenance Allowances in the comprehensive spending review and cuts to working tax credits.
Factor in the public sector pay freeze, rising food and fuel prices, and the hike in VAT, and you can see how some lower middle class families will feel a tangible drop in their standard of living.
We also discuss the rising tension in the coalition on control orders. As the review on the subject is pushed back, Lord Macdonald has threatened to publicly denounce any decision to retain control orders.
This week, the home secretary, Theresa May, felt compelled to stress that the decision would be taken by ministers alone.
Finally, we look at the appointment of David Cameron's photographer-in-chief, Andy Parsons.
