In the News, Tuesday 7 February

Author: James Graham

The House of Lords has amended the Protection of Freedoms Bill to restrict the types of officials who will be able to enter someone's home without a warrant. 

Addressing the Leveson inquiry yesterday, Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre proposed a new system for accrediting journalists.

One in eleven local authorites are set to defy the Department of Local Government's command to freeze council tax.

The Times (£) is reporting that the parliamentary authorities are set to buy all MPs iPads following a successful pilot scheme.