Coalition ‘audit’ to be published

Nick Clegg and David Cameron launched the coalition’s Mid-Term Review earlier this week

David Cameron and Nick Clegg are set to publish a dossier detailing progress on hundreds of pledges made by the coalition government.

The document is expected to show that the vast majority of aims have been met but acknowledge some have been missed.

The Daily Telegraph predicted that it would be released on Wednesday.

The new dossier is understood to be an annexe to the coalition’s Mid-Term Review, which was unveiled by the prime minister and his deputy on Monday.

Mr Clegg last month promised to publish a “candid” audit of the government’s performance, but this did not feature in the Mid-Term Review.

However, it is understood a document detailing each of the 480 measures in the 2010 coalition agreement will be released to update voters on what progress has been made.

A Downing Street source said the audit was 36,000 words long and had to be checked but it would show that the vast majority of pledges had been met.

Favourable coverage

According to the Telegraph the document will confirm that the coalition has missed more than 70 pledges including some on pensions, road building and criminal justice.

The newspaper also reported that officials decided to delay the dossier’s publication because they were concerned it would overshadow any favourable coverage of the Mid-Term Review.

The Telegraph said the existence of the annexe to the review emerged when one of Mr Cameron’s senior advisers, Patrick Rock, was photographed in Downing Street on Tuesday carrying a document weighing up the advantages and disadvantages of releasing it.

Unveiling their Mid-Term Review, Mr Cameron and Mr Clegg said the coalition would last a full five years and give Britain “strong, stable and determined leadership”.

The prime minister promised help on childcare costs, care costs for the elderly and investment in roads, as they marked the halfway point of their government.

Opposition leader Ed Miliband accused the government of making “empty promises”.