Liberal Democrat MPs today endorsed leader Nick Clegg’s decision to enter talks with the Conservatives over possible co-operation in forming a new government.

Nick Clegg will today address British Liberal Democrat MPs in an attempt to gain their backing for his negotiating strategy as he embarks on discussions with the Conservatives that could force Gordon Brown out of No 10.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s 50-page dossier on Iraq will prove “beyond doubt” that Saddam Hussein’s regime has weapons of mass destruction, Government sources said tonight.