Summary

  • David Cameron tells Marr he's "hopeful" of an EU deal in February and referendum is likely after September

  • He says he'll stay on as PM - and "do everything necessary to make it work" - if UK votes to leave EU

  • Shadow justice secretary Lord Falconer urges Labour to "come together" after recent reshuffle

  • Labour MP Alison McGovern has quit a party policy group over differences with the leadership

Live Reporting

Dominic Howell and Gerry Holt

  1. Farage on hate preachers - and UK-Saudi relations

    Susana Mendonca
    BBC Radio London Political Reporter

    UKIP leader Nigel Farage also told the BBC Radio London programme that the UK has “turned a blind eye to hate preachers”:

    If a Church of England Bishop was to advocate on a Sunday morning that the parishioners went out and committed awful acts he would be banged up and in prison within 24 hours. We have turned a blind eye to hate preachers."

    He added:

    Our government goes on pretending that Saudi Arabia are our friends. Let’s be frank. It is Saudi money that is funding the growth of extremism in this country and we should have the moral courage to deal with.”

  2. Nigel Farage on people being radicalised

    Susana Mendonca
    BBC Radio London Political Reporter

    The UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been talking about  people being radicalised by so-called Islamic State. He told the Vanessa Feltz Breakfast show on BBC Radio London: 

    I can see for people who are kind of a bit outside of society how a radical idea can be attractive, after all Nazism basically picked up people who were on the scrapheap of society. What is I think more disturbing about these two cases is that these are two families who were doing quite well and yet they’ve been attracted by radicalisation.”

  3. Quiz time: Can you name the three survivors from Labour's 2009 cabinet?

    Labour cabinet in 2009PA

    To show the scale of change in Labour's top team, it seems from a quick scan of this picture of Gordon Brown's cabinet in 2009, that only three of that team feature in the current Labour shadow cabinet as of this morning.

  4. 99% of doctors won't lose pay, says Jeremy Hunt

    Away from the Labour shadow cabinet reshuffle, the row over doctors' contracts continues with strike action being proposed by doctors.

    Jeremy Hunt, health secretary, told BBC Breakfast talks with the British Medical Association had made "some good progress". He said they were ensuring that the majority of doctors will have their pay protected or see an increase. He added they would also be protected from long working hours.

    I think in some of the biggest areas like pay, we had actually made some good process. We've shown them the calculations which mean we can guarantee that 99% of doctors will see their pay protected or increased and we'd also made a lot of progress in protections to stop doctors working hours that are too long. We're trying to improve the safety and quality of care in the wake of what happened in Mid Staffs and so it's in no-one's interests for doctors to be over-tired when they're doing their job."

  5. Watch: Norman Smith on the Labour reshuffle

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  6. Hilary Benn was never going to be sacked - Ken Livingstone

     Ken Livingstone has denied that Jeremy Corbyn has "bottled" his reshuffle after sources said Hilary Benn would not be sacked as shadow foreign secretary.  

    The former London mayor and close ally of Mr Corbyn said speculation about Mr Benn's future had been whipped up by the media.. 

    He said he never believed Mr Benn would have been sacked and he suggested the shadow foreign secretary had "stopped being quite so dissident and critical".

  7. Catch-up on who is currently in the shadow cabinet

    Labour shadow cabinet September 2015PA

    As Jeremy Corbyn decides on his new shadow cabinet line-up, here is who sits around Labour's top table at the moment.

    The top four roles:

    Shadow Chancellor – John McDonnell

    Shadow Home Secretary – Andy Burnham

    Shadow Defence Secretary – Hilary Benn

    Deputy Leader – Tom Watson

    See the full list here

  8. Harriet Harman: Labour needs ban on all-male leadership

    Harriet HarmanGetty Images

    As Jeremy Corbyn kicked of his reshuffle talks, yesterday former deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman made fresh calls for changes in the party's rules to prevent an all-male team at the top. 

    Another Labour MP - Jess Phillips - told BBC Newsnight the party's leader was guilty of "low-level non-violent misogyny".

    Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire for appointing men to all three shadow "great offices of state" - chancellor, foreign secretary and home secretary.

    He is under pressure to give more top roles to women in a reshuffle this week.

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  9. Background on the Labour reshuffle

    Jeremy Corbyn leaving his houseReuters

    As mentioned, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is expected to unveil the first details of a reshuffle of his front bench team, after late-night meetings with key members ended without any announcement.

    He held lengthy talks with shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn and shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle.

    It comes amid speculation he was thinking of moving colleagues who disagreed with him in important areas.

    As mentioned, the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg says it seems likely Mr Benn will keep his job but that Maria Eagle will be moved.

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  10. 'Benn to stay, Maria Eagle to move'

    Laura Kuenssberg
    BBC political editor

    A senior Labour figure has said that Jeremy Corbyn has "backed down" and  the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Hilary Benn, will stay in his job. The Shadow Defence Secretary, Maria Eagle, has been told that she will be moved, but will not be demoted. However, Jeremy Corbyn’s office last night insisted that no final decisions have been taken. Final details of changes to the shadow cabinet are expected later today. 

  11. Good morning

    Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of political developments as Jeremy Corbyn seeks to reshuffle his shadow cabinet team and David Cameron prepares to deliver a statement to MPs - on their first day back after the Christmas break - about the EU summit back in December.