PMQs verdict: An insufferable parade of bullies and swots

This was David Cameron’s first opportunity to bash Ed Balls since the shadow chancellor’s autumn statement howler last week. Britain was in for a prime minister’s questions masterclass in bullying bravado.
Finucane family slams ‘whitewash’ as Cameron refuses inquiry into ‘shocking’ state collusion

David Cameron is refusing to grant a public inquiry into the brutal state collusion murder of Pat Finucane, despite anger and disappointment from the Northern Ireland family after Sir Desmond De Silva’s report.
Drift towards division: Leveson unity evaporates

Cross-party unity on Lord Justice Leveson’s to reform press regulation appeared to be sliding away this weekend.
PMQs verdict: Cameron and Miliband grinning at the heart of the storm

Around them Ed Miliband and David Cameron’s respective backbenchers yelled and brayed, but the prime minister’s questions moment seemed to hold. Their eyes locked…
‘A long way to go’: EU budget ordeal underway

David Cameron faces a tough challenge today as he begins Britain’s attempt to save its rebate and prevent the EU budget rising.
Baked bean politics: Ex-Cameron adviser hits out

The Conservatives have put “presentation before principle”, a former adviser to David Cameron has warned.
Cameron’s CBI 2012 speech in full

Read the full text of David Cameron’s speech to business leaders at the 2012 CBI conference here.
Fading into the background? Cameron ‘less influential’ than obscure Lib Dem MEP

An obscure Liberal Democrat politician has beaten David Cameron to the top of a list of the most influential Britons in the European Union.
Comment: Welby is well suited to walk a difficult path ahead

The church, No 10 and the people will welcome this opportunity to hit the reset button with the appointment of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury.
Alleged Tory paedophile’s ‘trial by Twitter’ opposed by No 10

Downing Street has warned against “trial by Twitter” after David Cameron was ‘ambushed’ with a list of alleged paedophiles earlier.