27/03/2012
All the news from Westminster where Labour says an inquiry into allegations of cash for access to the Prime Minister is 'a whitewash'. A report too from Stormont. With Sean Curran.
Sean Curran reports as Ed Miliband describes as a "whitewash" the Conservative's inquiry into allegations of cash for access to the Prime Minister for party donors.
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude insists ministers will use the row to clean up party funding and demands a limit on donations from trade unions to the Labour Party.
The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, says ministers will "not plough on regardless" with defence projects amid speculation about the future of the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers.
MPs question the head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, Robert Chote, about the Budget.
And peers warn ministers will risk public outrage if they use lanes set aside for athletes during the Olympics in London this summer.