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In Brief
Chancellor Alistair Darling delivers a speech on financial globalisation at an event hosted by Bloomberg.
Environment secretary Hilary Benn and Foreign Office minister Kim Howells speak at an Institute for Public Policy Research event on climate change and forced migration.
The British Chambers of Commerce holds its annual business convention in Liverpool. Speakers include work and pensions secretary James Purnell and shadow chancellor George Osborne.
A Labour MP is calling on the government to rethink its plans to restrict Commonwealth immigration. Austin Mitchell is using a Westminster Hall debate on Tuesday to highlight the damage he says will be done to the UK's relations with its former empire. In an interview with ePolitix.com the Greater Grimsby MP said that the government's plan to further restrict the visiting and migration rights of Commonwealth citizens was a mistake.
Minister for young people Kevin Brennan and Equality and Human Rights Commission chairman Trevor Phillips are among the speakers at a conference hosted by Barnardo's and 4Children.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England, the UK Noise Association and the Quiet Garden Movement host a conference on the importance of peace and tranquillity. Speakers include Defra minister Jonathan Shaw, shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth and Liberal Democrat environment spokesman Martin Horwood.
European Union foreign affairs ministers hold talks in Luxembourg, with foreign secretary David Miliband representing the UK. Items on the agenda include Zimbabwe, the Middle East peace process, Iraq, Pakistan, Burma and the western Balkans.
Conservative leader David Cameron campaigns in the North West.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and London mayoral candidate Brian Paddick take part in a public question and answer session.
Final polls suggest that Labour will lose more than 200 council seats in England and Wales, according to the Guardian. A national poll by ComRes puts the Conservatives on 40 per cent and Labour on 26 per cent, while a YouGov poll predicts Boris Johnson will take 46 per cent of the London mayoral election vote to Ken Livingstone's 35 per cent.
Lib Dem chief executive Lord Rennard and local election campaign chief Andrew Stunell hold a briefing on the local elections.
Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Vince Cable campaigns in Cardiff.
A press conference takes place in Belfast to mark the publication of the interim consultative report of the Strategic Review of Parading.
The Conservatives hold their weekly press briefing in the Welsh assembly.
Sir Callum McCarthy, chairman of the Financial Services Authority, speaks at a CBI lunch event.
The Westminster Health Forum holds a seminar on reform of cancer services, with a keynote address by national cancer director Professor Mike Richards.
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