The row underlines the acute difficulty the government is facing in responding to the wave of price rises being announced by the energy companies.
Yet no tax rise was announced.
Nick Clegg will argue against another squeeze on benefits for the poor so soon after the three-year cap on benefit rises was announced in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.
The national charity says it has seen a surge in people seeking advice about energy issues since the first of the current round of price rises was announced in October.
I was in a bank dealing room when the second rate rise was announced and was a bit surprised to see equity markets rally; the explanation from dealers was that the policy was so self-evidently bad for the economy that it would never be sustained.
The details were not included when the pay rise was announced by Justice Secretary Liz Truss.
I flew out to Bangladesh a couple of weeks before the pay rise was announced to meet some garment workers.
When the tuition rise was announced it was described as being used to fund a merit-based salary pool for faculty and staff to provide 3% raises.
His inclusion in the "The Dark Knight Rises" was announced early in 2011, at which point Mitt Romney was just one of many Republicans vying for his party's nomination.
The price rises were announced the same day UK inflation surged to 1.6%, higher than expected.
