article_snippet.sent: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg expressed outrage that the Tories could not be 'bothered' to come clean about the Tories plans.
article_snippet.sent: Lib Dem told LBC's Nick Ferrari that Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg backed Mr Alexander's decision to disclose details of confidential coalition discussions .
article_snippet.sent: But Mr Alexander was forced to admit that many of the claims set out in today's document had been made public - and rejected by the Tories - in the past.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Clegg  backed Mr Alexander's decision to disclose details of confidential coalition discussions saying the Conservatives needed to say where the Conservatives planned benefits cuts would fall. '
article_snippet.sent: Mr Alexander revelations came as The Times reported growing dissent in Lib Dem ranks over the possibility of entering a second power-sharing deal with the Conservatives if the General Election fails to produce a clear winner.
article_snippet.sent: Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has based Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg campaign around the premise that Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg party would be a restraining influence on either of the main parties.
article_snippet.sent: But Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg said a number of - mostly unnamed - parliamentarians were increasingly hostile to the prospect of a Tory tie-up, which would have to be approved by a special party conference.
article_snippet.sent: Labour leader Ed Miliband also seized on the revelation.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking ahead of an event in Yorkshire, Labour leader Ed Miliband said: '
highlights_snippet.sent: desperate'
  Growing dissent in Lib Dem ranks over  a second coaliton with Tories .
  