David Cameron yesterday insisted the Coalition Government would last until 2015, but admitted he and Nick Clegg were not friends who dined together.

The Liberal Democrat leader was forced to abandon his planned reform of the House of Lords after the Prime Minister accepted he could not secure enough Conservative votes to get the legislation through Parliament.

A furious Mr Clegg later accused the Tories of breaking the coalition deal and vowed to block changes to constituency boundaries which would have given the Tories a greater chance of winning an overall majority at the next general election.

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