Coalition climbdowns, u-turns and rowbacks A planned tax on static caravans at a 20% rate provoked a rebellion of 18 coalition MPs, including 17 Tories. It is now due to be scaled back to 5%. Static caravans currently do not attract any VAT. The change is also being delayed from October to April 2013. The climbdown appears well-timed coming just before the extended Jubilee bank holiday when tens of thousands of Britons are expected to head to the West country for summer breaks. Secret justice Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has agreed to a "substantial" climbdown over plans for secret justice . While the plans mean that civil courts will for the first time hear evidence behind the closed doors to protect national security, inquests have been excluded from the new powers. Euro veto Last December, David Cameron was lionised by Eurosceptic Tory MPs when he vetoed a new EU treaty to deepen further fiscal union among eurozone countries but they later accused him of "appeasing" his deputy Nick Clegg by circumventing the move. The Prime Minister had pledged to stop the eurozone using the European courts and Brussels institutions to uphold its own, breakaway fiscal pact being set up outside the EU treaty but later dropped the threat. Employment law reform Further Coalition tensions forced a re-think on a controversial Government-commissioned report by venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft on employment law reform, which called for "compulsory no-fault dismissal" - allowing businesses to dismiss unproductive workers without explanation by simply offering a redundancy payment. The proposal was rejected by Business Secretary Vince Cable, who described it as "complete nonsense." Joint strike fighter Earlier this month, the Government announced a major retreat over aircraft for the Royal Navy's new carriers. abandoning plans to buy the conventional take-off verson of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. It reversed one of the central decisions in the Coalition's controversial defence review. Sentencing Last June, David Cameron ordered Kenneth Clarke to scrap plans to let criminals who plead guilty to have their sentences halved. Health reforms It came just a week after Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's proposals to extend competition on health provision were significantly scaled back. Forest sell-off Another U-turn last year came when Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman's plans to sell off England's publicly-owned forests were dropped after opponents including Tory backbenchers, environmentalists, and the Archbishop of Canterbury mounted a backlash. The policy, announced on January 17, was gone by February 17. State retirement age for women Last October, thousands of women who would have been heavily penalised by a planned increase in the state retirement age were reprieved after a Coalition climbdown. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith announced that women who would have seen a two-year increase to their state pension age would have their wait reduced to 18 months, following pressure from pensions campaigners and women's groups.