The poor showing in last week's elections for the Liberal Democrats appears to have triggered a change in the relationship between the two governing parties. Nick Clegg says his party will be more assertive. There was a hint of what's to come as Lib Dem peers (against Clegg's wishes) blocked a key part of the government's policing bill in the Lord's.
In the studio to discuss the changing face of coalition we have columnists Jackie Ashley and Julian Glover. And on the line from Westminster we welcome back Allegra Stratton.
Also this week: the plans to restructure and inject more market forces into the NHS have been put on ice but the debate is raging on. Can a compromise be found and is Andrew Lansley the man to see the process through?
And with Osama bin Laden now dead, the arguments for Britain's involvement in Afghanistan get fuzzier. How can a withdrawal be managed? And is the operation in Libya beginning to look like a long-term commitment of its own?
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