Chris Gilson takes a look at the week in political blogging.

Weekend

Mark Pack reports that two Tory non-dom Lords have elected to give up their seats before the law changes on tax exiles. Marcus Roberts at Left Foot Forward takes Nick Clegg to task over Special Advisor’s salaries.

Neil Boorman, guest blogging at Liberal Conspiracy, has some thoughts on the government’s likely policy of rises for university fees, while Blogoir looks at the potential to cut the FCO.

Iain Dale looks at the state of the Labour leadership campaign, and later, takes issue with Chris Huhne’s support for more wind power.

Keynesian Liberal is concerned that David Cameron’s ‘presidential’ behaviour might be upstaging Departments, as.Tim Montegomerie at ConservativeHome has a retrospective on the televised debates during the election campaign – did it cost Cameron the majority? Peter Wrigley at

Monday

Capitalist@Work unpacks the OBR’s report into the government’s finances, which is out today. Tom Clougherty at the Adam Smith Institute’s Blog outlines his case for why the NHS budget should not be ring-fenced. Eugene Grant at Labour Uncut has some reasons for the disabled to be positive in the face of Iain Duncan Smith’s proposed reassessment of those on the Incapacity Benefit. Jonathan Isaby at ConservativeHome took a short look at Liam Fox and possible defence cuts to come. George Eaton at The Staggers is still very unconvinced at the need for ‘savage’ cuts to services, and Faisal Islam at Snowblog reckons that the newly released OBR figures also do not make a strong case for ‘sharp’ cuts, while Iain Dale has some criticisms of Alistair Darling and Ed Balls on the economy.

Dizzy Thinks blogs on Ed Ball’s attack on Alistair Darling; his attack is based on Labour’s lack of commitment to not increasing VAT before the election. Iain Dale says such a pledge would not have saved Labour at the election. Caroline Crampton at The Staggers takes a look at the gender split of Special Advisors.

Shamik Das at Left Foot Forward is interested in the potential for a government policy change on prisons and crime, and Sunny Hundal at Liberal Conspiracy is worried about how Conservative immigration  policies might impact growth.

Tuesday

Jonathan Isaby at ConservativeHome takes a look at the government’s new target – public sector pensions. Mike Smithson at politicalbetting.com says that aiming at pensions might be dangerous for Nick Clegg. Nigel Stanley (TUC), guest blogging at Left Foot Forward, says that any sense of outrage over public sector pensions is ‘misplaced’.

Alistair Campbell says that the OBR’s report does not fully support the governments assertions about the economy. Hopi Sen has thoughts on the OBR in general. Will Straw at Left Foot Forward says that Osborne’s tax cuts will have to be financed.

Nick Palmer blogging at Labour Uncut suggests that some small tax rises might be in order to help the deficit. George Eaton at The Staggers warns of Lib Dem/Osborne tensions over potential VAT rises.

Mark Pack has some thoughts about when the AV referendum might be held.

Wednesday

Guido has a sighting of Gordon Brown and Imran Hussain dispels some ‘myths’ in the Child Poverty Act.

Gordon MacMillan at Harry’s Place has a summary of last night’s Newsnight debate featuring the hopefuls for the Labour leadership. Sunder Katwala at Next Left has commentary as well; and Richard Darlington at The Staggers says the debate was a ‘missed opportunity’, while om Bage at Labour Uncut argues against Ed Balls.

Ahead of George Osborne’s Mansion House speech tonight, Faisal Islam at Snowblog says that Mervyn King will now be ‘in charge’. Eduardo Reyes blogging at The Staggers has some thoughts on the effects of the coalition agreement on the Liberal Democrats, while Alex Barker at the Financial Times’ Westminster Blog says that Cameron should stop talking about debt interest as if it’s something the government can get rid of – they cannot.

Ed Jacobs at Left Foot Forward has a round-up of media commentary on the Saville Report.

Thursday

John Redwood is very pleased at the government’s new regulatory framework for the banking sector, while Ed Jacobs at Left Foot Forward takes a look at unemployment across Britain and Shamik Das at Left Foot Forward examines the government’s policies on families.

Ahead of today’s European Council meeting, Tim Montegomerie talks about the ups and downs of David Cameron’s relationships with Andrea Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy. Nick Robinson asks if the current Eurozone difficulties are a ‘crisis’ or an ‘opportunity’ for David Cameron. Gary Gibbon at Snowblog says that Cameron’s EU initiation has been gentle – so far. Later, he posted on Cameron’s post-summit statement.

James Maker at Liberal Conspiracy weighs up the two Milibands, and asks if social democrats can be proud of them. Labour Uncut has a piece on the ‘ruthlessness’ of Ed Miliband in the Labour leadership race.

ConservativeHome has a list of £2bn worth of projects, agreed to in the last months of the Labour administration, that the government has now cancelled or suspended. Conor Ryan at Conor’s Commentary says the government’s cancellation of measures aimed at the young (included in today’s announcement) is ‘shameful’. Tom Phillips at Left Foot Forward says that the government has all but abandoned it’s pre-election promises to ‘cut-waste’, in favour of cuts to spending, and Iain Martin at the Wall Street Journal talks possible NHS efficiency savings.

Friday

Alex Smith, blogging at Labour List looks at the Miliband’s sibling rivalry, while Mike Smithson at politicalbetting.com says that Ed Miliband is looking good in the leadership race, and George Eaton at The Staggers looks at his brother, David – he is showing that he is ‘no Blairite’. However, Guido reckons that the older Miliband really is an “heir to Blair”.

Peter Hoskin at Coffee House looks at Michael Gove’s free school initiative, being launched today.

Claude Carpentieri blogging at Liberal Conspiracy is unhappy with the Lib Dem’s involvement in the £2bn in cuts recently announced, and Mark Fox at Labour Uncut says that the Labour leadership campaigners should face up to the failures of New Labour.