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  'Full of crap': Senior Lib Dem Danny Alexander stokes Coalition tensions as he turns on right-wing Tories over environmental taxes on energy bills
  
  A Liberal Democrat Cabinet minister today accused right-wing Conservatives pressing for the scrapping of environmental taxes on energy bills of being "full of crap".
  
  
  Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, stoked up Coalition tensions as he responded to newspaper claims that David Cameron had instructed aides to "get rid of all this green crap" pushing up gas and electricity prices.
  
  Although Downing Street insisted it did not recognise the phrase, the reports triggered anger among senior Liberal Democrats and green groups, as well as an extraordinary attack by a prominent Conservative MP on the Prime Minister.
  
  Mr Alexander said green levies on energy were designed to help insulate the homes of poorer families and create tens of thousands of jobs by investing in future energy sources.
  
  In a swipe at his Tory Coalition colleagues, he said: "Anyone who thinks we should get rid of that is full of crap."
  
  Nick Clegg also insisted such levies are not "all crap" and made clear the Government would not retreat from its environmental agenda.
  
  The row broke out after a senior Tory source was quoted describing how the Prime Minister is "going round Number 10 saying 'we have got to get rid of all this green crap'".
  
  The source added: "We used to say 'vote blue, go green', now it's 'vote blue, get real'."

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