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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...ves-tax-petrol

Ed Miliband predicts that the Conservatives will be thrown out of office by Labour after one term in Downing Street, as David Cameron faces fresh allegations over failing to declare numerous secret meetings with rich Tory donors in the "cash for influence" scandal.

After a week that has seen the Tories battered by rows over party financing, embarrassed by a row over VAT on takeaway food and accused of stoking a crisis at the petrol pumps for political gain, the prime minister was accused of a "cover-up" by the Sunday Times.

The newspaper claimed that Peter Cruddas, the disgraced former Tory treasurer, mixed with David Cameron and large donors at more than a dozen private events, including bankrolling a dinner at Chequers, despite the party's attempts to disown him as a minor player. Cruddas's name was absent from a list published by Downing Street to show that the party was being transparent about Cameron's meetings with wealthy businessmen, the newspaper added. In new video footage, Cruddas also boasts that he had secured a donation of £1m only a fortnight before his resignation, despite Tory claims that he had never brought in a big cheque.

A Conservative spokesman said last night: "Of course, politicians meet donors as they do thousands of individuals every day. But the key question is whether these meetings influence policy and they categorically do not."

In an interview with the Observer, Miliband said Cameron's entire political project has been fatally undermined by rows over donations, tax cuts for the rich and the petrol crisis. He also accepted that Thursday's byelection defeat in Bradford West, where Labour lost a previously safe seat to the maverick anti-war candidate George Galloway, had been a "deep disappointment" for which he accepted responsibility.

The question is here is this government a one term government and my answer is yes but its alright for Ed Milliband to say this but will he be the opposition leader come the next General Election?.