David Cameron says there is "some prospect of a getting issues sorted by February" but there is no agreement yet.

Speaking at Davos, David Cameron says Britain could succeed outside the EU, but the question was "how will we be the most successful?"

David Cameron says the "reform will not be finished" if Britain votes to stay in, saying that whether or not a good deal is done there will still be more work to be done to ensure the EU works for its members.

David Cameron's message to business leaders who back his EU reforms is "don't hold back".

Businesses who want to stay in the EU should be "out there" explaining things to to the public and "setting the context" for the referendum, he tells an audience of global business leaders in Davos.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) must cost government policy decisions, "whether or not formal notification has taken place", Andrew Tyrie of the Treasury select committee has said.

The Chancellor said in his Autumn Statement that uniform business rate would be abolished, and that "by the end of the parliament local government will keep all of the revenue from business rates".

But the OBR, which analyses the public finances, was not formally notified, and so didn't take into account how the policy decision might affect the government fiscal targets, Mr Tyrie said.

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David Cameron said he would very much like a reform deal at next month's EU summit and to push on with the referendum.

But he adds that "if there isn't the right deal I am in no hurry," because he can hold a referendum any time until the end of 2017.

Possibly as a warning to his EU colleagues he says that his preference would be to build on the current goodwill and show that the UK and EU can work together well, in putting together a deal in February.

Britain is one of the most successful multicultural nations in the world, says Mr Cameron, but the pressure on public services from high migration is too great in the UK.

He says he supports the principle of free movement - but asks if the founding fathers of the EU ever envisaged the scale of the migration flows taking place now? 

David Cameron tells his Davos audience he wants the EU to be "an organisation that is flexible enough so that you can be a success if you are in the eurozone and you can be a success if you are not in the eurozone".

He wants new rules so that never again with the EU be able to "use money of non-eurozone state to solve a eurozone crisis" as happened in Greece.

Mr Cameron says he wants to "hard wire" competitiveness into the EU by cutting red tape and signing more trade deals with emerging nations.

David Cameron says his aim is to "secure the future of Britain in a reformed European Union".

For years Britain has been "drifting away form the European Union." he tells the World Economic Forum, and it has become "increasingly unpopular" with the public.

Added to that, he says, successive leaders have promised a reform and "never really delivered" it.

He said he wanted to achieve "full and democratic support" for EU in Britain and address people's concerns about EU red tape, a political union Britain "has never been comfortable" and other issues. 

The prime minister is introduced to the audience at the World Economic Forum as "his excellency David Cameron".

The PM strides the stage without notes (remember when he used to do that all the time?) hailing Britain's economic growth and record levels of employment.

David Cameron is speaking in Davos at a session titled Britain in the World - we will be bringing you the key points or you can Watch live here, external

Helen Clark, former New Zealand prime minister and United Nations Development Programme chief, has popped up on BBC World. 

Asked what needs to happen to improve women's rights globally this year, she says economic empowerment is vital as full rights and political representation is still far too low in many countries.

Ms Clark is also being touted as a future UN secretary-general - but would she like the job, asks fellow Kiwi Lucy Hockings? While it is not "a subject I have opined on", as she put it, her response was far from no. 

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In what may be the first stage show written about a leader of the opposition, a Jeremy Corbyn musical is coming to a London theatre.

Corbyn the Musical: The Motorcycle Diaries is described as a "no-holds barred political satire".

It sees the Labour leader facing a nuclear crisis with Russia and tells of a motorcycle holiday he allegedly took with Diane Abbott in the 1970s.

It is being staged at Waterloo East Theatre in April.

Writers Rupert Myers and Bobby Friedman will be working on the show - which has been described as "James Bond meets the Kama Sutra" - up until the end of February to make sure it is as up to date as possible.

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