Summary

  • 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

Live Reporting

Angela Harrison and Brian Wheeler

  1. Euro smiles

    David Cameron with other European leaders

    The Prime Minister has posed for his first official photos at the start of the EU summit in Riga. 

    The meeting has been called to  discuss relations with ex-Soviet states, but David Cameron plans to talk to as many other EU leaders as possible to open up discussions about the  UK's relationship with the European Union. 

    He will outline changes he wants to see, including restrictions on benefits for migrants.

    The prime minister said he expected "lots of ups and downs" but was focused on giving people a "proper choice" in a referendum due to be held by 2017.

  2. Good morning

    Good morning from the Politics Live team, where at the moment, all eyes are on Latvia where David Cameron is for a meeting of the European Union. 

    We're told he plans to meet as many other European leaders as possible, to pave the way for more detailed talks about his manifesto pledge to reform the UK's relationship with the EU.    

    Arriving in Riga, the prime minister said there would be "ups and downs" but he was "determined to deliver for the British people a reform of the European Union".