Summary

  • David Cameron continues his European tour to lobby leaders over his proposed EU reforms

  • Angela Merkel does not rule out future EU treaty changes

  • Yvette Cooper officially launches her Labour leadership campaign

  • Labour leader contenders Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall deliver keynote speeches

  1. Messages 'appreciated'published at 11:24

    Mr Robinson also thanked , external the cardiac team at the Royal Victoria Hospital and "all who sent messages of support & encouragement in the last week. Your thoughts & prayers have been really appreciated".

  2. Robinson dischargedpublished at 11:22

    Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson says in a tweet, external that he has been discharged from Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack on Monday. 

    Peter RobinsonImage source, PA
  3. Cameron in Berlinpublished at 11:17

    Prime Minister David Cameron has arrived in Berlin for his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The pair began by inspecting troops as a military band played the national anthems of both countries.

  4. 'Shocking' Fifapublished at 11:16

    Ms Cooper also says the controversy over alleged corruption at Fifa is "shocking" and a "disgrace" and that Britain should be putting maximum pressure on football's world governing body for reforms.

    The 209 members of Fifa are to vote for their new president at a congress in Zurich later. Sepp Blatter, the favourite, is seeking what would be a fifth term, but in the face of rather loud opposition.

  5. 'Narrow' focuspublished at 11:04

    Yvette Cooper tells the BBC she is getting support from around the country, "not just Westminster" in her bid to become Labour leader. 

    The party has been "too narrow and needs to reach out," she says, adding that she's been speaking to entrepreneurs at Tech City and pensioners in Peterborough as part of her "listening" process. 

  6. Kendall campaignspublished at 10:54

    So Mr Burnham is already doing the Labour leadership campaign rounds, and Ms Cooper will officially launch her campaign in Yorkshire later. Elsewhere, shadow care services minister Liz Kendall will speak in the Midlands as she launches her bid for Labour's top job.   

  7. A future in Labour?published at 10:50

    Andy Burnham arrives to give a speech in London, accompanied by shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves

    A heavily-pregnant Rachel Reeves introduced Andy Burnham at his campaign event. "This is Rachel's last day at work before she goes on maternity leave", said Mr Burnham, "so if she is not the living embodiment that Labour is the party of hard work I don't know what is."

  8. Regaining trustpublished at 10:49

    Conor Pope, writing in the LabourList blog, , external says many within Labour now see the idea of "concede and move on" as the only option to regain economic trust. 

    He adds: "Certainly, it seems all of the leadership campaigns are signed up to the idea that fighting a third election at odds with the public on pre-2008 economics is not a strategy that delivers power." 

  9. Tech City tourpublished at 10:48

    Yvette Cooper at Tech CityImage source, PA

    Ms Cooper met young entrepreneurs during her time at Tech City in north London.

  10. Jobs focuspublished at 10:22

    Ms Cooper is setting out on what she calls a "listening tour," the first leg of which will see her meeting pensioners in Peterborough and members of a working men's club in Nottinghamshire, among things. She said Labour should be encouraging new tech-start-ups outside London, reshaping public services and encouraging jobs growth beyond Britain's large cities.

  11. Looking aheadpublished at 10:06

    Mr Burnham isn't the only Labour hopeful on the campaign trail today. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, speaking at Tech City in north London, says Labour needs to start talking about the future of the country, not the past of the party.

    Yvette CooperImage source, Getty Images
  12. Shopping aroundpublished at 09:53

    Mr Burnham has a message  for all the nation's shoppers out there. "Aspiration is not the preserve of those who shop at John Lewis. Aspiration is universal; it is felt by Asda and Aldi shoppers too."  

  13. 'Anti business' failurespublished at 09:51

    Rowena Mason, political correspondent at the Guardian, tweets that Mr Burnham says, external no party can win a general election in Britain if they convey a sense of being anti business and anti success. 

  14. 'Heroic' effortspublished at 09:50

    Labour should treat entrepreneurs as "heroes", leadership contender Andy Burnham says.  Addressing workers at Ernst & Young in London this morning, he claims his party has neglected them in recent years.    

  15. Boy done wellpublished at 09:40

    George Eaton also reports via Twitter, external that Andy Burnham described himself as "the comprehensive lad" who made it to Cambridge and the Cabinet.  

  16. Burnham's speechpublished at 09:33

    George Eaton, political editor of the New Statesman, tweets this image of Labour's Andy Burnham speaking this morning.

  17. Firm handshakepublished at 09:14

    Number 10 tweets an image of the two PMs, ahead of their breakfast meeting.

  18. Establishing boundariespublished at 09:04

    The BBC's Europe correspondent, Chris Morris, says it was thought to be a "good meeting" between the two prime ministers in Warsaw.

    He also says that Mr Cameron is "feeling his way around, seeing where the boundaries lie", but adds that unless all 28 EU member states agree to reforms, then they will not agree to anything particularly significant.

  19. Palace meetingpublished at 08:44

    Lazienki Royal Palace in WarsawImage source, EPA

    David Cameron has a grand setting for his breakfast this morning - this is the Lazienki Royal Palace in Warsaw, where Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz is seen waiting to greet him earlier.