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Follow David Cameron’s statement to the House of Commons on Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s handling of the failed BSkyB bid with Channel 4 News’s live blog. You can watch the Prime Minister’s statement or read updates here.
The Prime Minister’s media chief Andy Coulson has resigned after News of the World hacking allegations. Former deputy PM John Prescott tells Channel 4 News David Cameron should have acted sooner.
The claim “We will put a limit on the number of special advisers.” Coalition agreement, 20 May 2010 Cathy Newman checks it out In the heady days of New Labour spin, special advisers acquired a notoriety that’s been hard to shake off. Charlie Whelan briefed journalists on the government’s euro secrets from the Red Lion…
Gary Gibbon
Oops. There goes another one. Tom Watson, the Cabinet Office minister and one of the prime minister’s most trusted advisers, has told Gordon Brown that he wants to stand down from the government. He will stay on as an MP. Tom Watson is known as a blogger, former whip, a man who knows the Labour…
Jon Snow
My attack on the Westminster lobby system was badly phrased. It is true the government lets it be known there are “meetings” of the lobby: the detail of when, where, and who is giving the briefing has been published for some time.
Jon Snow
I went to see In the Loop last night, a romp around New Labour spin doctors. Thin plot, thin skeleton to hang some very funny jokes. It’s a pity in a way, because it over simplifies the spin doctory. It isn’t all ‘attack dog’ and ‘filth’. There is also a very sophisticated subjugation of truth, and…
Jon Snow
You may have found the past few days of revelations concerning the inner workings of Downing Street, a heartbeat from the prime minister, hard to credit. But how about this? On the day the G20 summit met in London’s Docklands, we asked people – mainly via Twitter – to keep an eye open for anyone…
Jon Snow
Spotted by our cameraman yesterday – the Downing Street rat. After the Damian McBride affair, Brown’s opponents might ask whether it is a rat leaving a sinking ship?
Gary Gibbon
Ed Miliband side-steps the issue of trade union reform at the Labour conference, but his bigger problem lies in a perception of his party as the “villains” of the economic piece.