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A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Oborne.

MPs expenses raised its head again when the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority published its consultation on MPs allowances and expenses. Will the regulation be tough enough? John Mann (Labour) thinks not, while Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) disagrees.

The move to unseat Gordon Brown failed, but how does one mount a successful coup? Two people with experience of the rough and tumble of party politics - Lord Donoghue, former adviser to Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan, and Derek Conway, a Conservative whip in the Major years - compare notes.

The Liberal Democrats are now being wooed by both main parties in the expectation of a hung parliament. Lord Rennard and Chris Huhne assess their suitors.

Do political poster campaigns work? Charles Lewington of Hanover PR and formerly John Major's head of communications, talks to Barry Delaney, a former advertising consultant to the Labour Party.