David Cameron attends an EU summit in Latvia and talks about the need for reforms
The prime minister opened talks with other world leaders and said he was confident change could be achieved
Former Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael admits he was behind a controversial leak
The SNP are to chair two Commons select committees
Welsh Assembly Members are to have a £10,000 pay rise
Asked about when the UK referendum will be held, Mr Cameron said it would happen before the end of 2017 but earlier if possible. He added: "I'm not going to give time lines and deadines and a running commentary on the referendum plans."
"These are complicated issues and it will take time, but better to make a start," says David Cameron on the start of his efforts to persuade other EU leaders to accept his reform proposals.
At a news confernce in Riga, the prime minister has said Britain strongly supports the independence and sovereign rights of Eastern European nations to determine their futures.
"It's not about competing with Russia," he says, but about standing up for the rights of countries.
He said the EU summit had been an opportunity to talk to other leaders about how to reform the EU and that the organisation needed to address the concerns of British people.
"They are not happy with the status quo and neither am I," he told reporters.
There's concern they are being driven towards "an ever-closer union", he said , and concern about a "huge increase in people migrating from Europe".
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Conservative MP Chris Heaton-Harris has urged David Cameron to aim for far-reaching treaty change that would address some of the EU's fundamental principles.
As the prime minister met other European leaders at an EU meeting in Latvia, he told BBC Radio 4's The World At One: "Yes I do think he needs to push for treaty change
Quote MessageWe need to have a discussion on fundamental principles with our EU partners at the very start of this renegotiation so everybody is clear about where we all stand."
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David Cameron is expected to stress the importance of stopping "benefit tourism" in talks with EU leaders ahead of Britain's referendum.
Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, said the employment rate of EU migrants in the UK was quite high:
Quote Message"If you look at out of work benefits last year the data suggests that there were about 130,000 EU migrants who were claiming out of work benefits of some kind. And depending on how you make the calculation that's roughly 6% of that population so it's a relatively small share if you're thinking how many people might be influenced by out of work benefits - especially if you bear in mind that a lot of those people, receiving the benefits would have been here for many years."
Officials say European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will meet Mr Cameron for talks on Monday at the prime minister's official country residence at Chequers.
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The prime minister's spokesman says the government is considering how to strengthen the role of Ofcom to tackle extremist material, but David Cameron said always keeps in mind the importance of free speech.
Speaking after the leak to the Guardian, external of a letter from Sajid Javid warning against any move towards censorship, he would not comment on leaks and said there would be a "range of discussions to ensure the right framework is in place in terms of how we deal with the risk of extremist views".
He added that the prime minister was "very clear about the importance of freedom of speech" and that this would inform any decisions. One of the issues to be considered, he said, would be the threshold of what is considered extremist content.
Image source, Getty imagesBBC Newsnight is to broadcast Labour’s first official hustings for candidates in its leadership election.
The debate will be presented by Laura Kuenssberg and will be broadcast live from Nuneaton, in front of an audience at 1900 on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel.
Nuneaton, in Warwickshire, was chosen because it's seen as an example of the kind of constituency which Labour needed to win to regain power, but failed to convince on 7 May.
Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman said there was a need for "robust, tough, televised hustings which involve the public" and for hustings to be held not just in Labour heartlands, but in places where the party did not win seats.
She added:
Quote MessageIf there is one question that should drive the thinking as we elect a new leadership team it is this - which candidate has the best qualities and leadership skills most likely to win over the support of the public? That’s why our hustings have got to be different."
Newsnight Editor Ian Katz said the programme had staged the first televised hustings in the race to succeed Gordon Brown as Labour leader and it was "delighted to be giving viewers a ringside seat for the fascinating argument over the future of the party at this pivotal moment".
The SNP are to chair two Commons select committees - Energy and Climate Change and Scottish Affairs, BBC Parliamentary correspondent Susan Hulme reports. It is the first time the party has chaired a select committee scrutinising government departments.
The SNP's chief whip, Mike Weir, said he was delighted:
Quote MessageWe will be seeing one of the major bills coming forward in the Scotland Bill on more powers for Scotland, and of course the Energy and Climate Change committee is of particular importance with our oil and gas sector and renewables industry. The SNP chairing these committees will allow us to make progress on these important issues, and will help us get the best deal for Scotland."
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The prime minister's official spokesman said the government does not support a "sugar tax". He said it was working with the food industry and public health bodies to tackle public health issues, but "we don't believe the right approach is to put sugar taxes on hard working people to increase the cost of shopping baskets".
He added:
Quote MessageThe government is tackling issues such as obesity in a number of ways but ...does not believe the way of addressing that is to introduce new taxes on families."
Labour say the Chancellor has "officially missed his own deadline to eliminate the deficit".
It follows the publication of figures this morning from the Office for National Statistics which show UK government borrowing fell in the year to April.
The Chancellor, George Osborne, plans to hold a new Budget in July, when he is expected to outline his strategy to eliminate the deficit by the end of 2017.
Labour's Shadow Chancellor, Chris Leslie, said:
Quote Message"Low wages and weak productivity have caused tax revenues to fall short in the past year. We need sensible spending reductions and a stronger focus on productivity to raise living standards, generate prosperity and get the deficit down."
The Conservative MP and former Cabinet minister Eric Pickles is to be knighted.
Downing Street says it's in recognition of his public service as an MP and to local government.
Mr Pickles was Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government until earlier this month, when he was replaced by Greg Clark.
A bit more from Kezia Dugdale, who has thrown her hat in to the ring to stand for the Labour leadership in Scotland...
The 33-year-old says this is a "moment when Scottish Labour must and will change.... It's time for a new generation with a vision for the future of Scotland".
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Quote MessageLabour lost badly in the general election. Nothing we can say or do will disguise that fact. The job of our next leader isn't to explain away that loss or find excuses - it's to understand why people were so reluctant to vote for us and find a way of regaining the trust of the people of Scotland. The great social change we fight for is not a partisan cause. I can be a unifying figure across our party and our country."
The Green Party is launching a petition calling for 16 and 17-year-olds to be given a vote in the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU.
The petition says that decision "will have a huge impact on young people's futures - so it's vital that they are allowed to vote on it".
Natalie Bennett, the leader of the Green Party, said:
Quote Message"It is vital that those who will be affected most by the outcome of the referendum are able to have a say. A precedent was set with the Scottish independence referendum that proved 16-18-year-olds are engaged and want a vote on decisions as vitally important as this. To deny our young people a say in their future would taint this referendum’s legitimacy."
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