Cable may resign over Philip Green spending job

Vince Cable may become the first Liberal Democrat cabinet member to resign, after controversial businessman Sir Philip Green was appointed to head a government spending review that could see millions slashed from IT budgets. Last week, the News Statesman speculated that a "semi-detached" and "grumpy" Cable would be the first prominent Lib Dem to unhitch himself from the party's alliance with the Tory party. Now, a clearly irritated Cable - who had not been consulted...