Summary

  • Vote Leave and Britain Stronger in Europe named as official campaigns in EU referendum

  • That means the Nigel Farage-backed GO movement misses out as lead Out campaign

  • At PMQs: Corbyn and Cameron clash over tax affairs in wake of Panama Papers

  • Labour calls on Culture Secretary John Whittingdale to withdraw from press regulation

  • Downing Street says that it has full confidence in Mr Whittingdale

  1. Spotlight on John Whittingdalepublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 13 April 2016

    The main news so far today surrounds the culture secretary John Whittingdale. Labour is calling for him to stand aside from responsibility for press regulation, including deciding whether to approve a further phase of the Leveson inquiry, following stories about a relationship he had with a sex worker. Read more. Downing Street has said it has full confidence in Mr Whittingdale. Will he be on the Commons front bench today?

  2. Good morningpublished at 11:45

    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Prime Minister’s Questions. David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn will go head to head in the Commons at just after midday. There has been a three week break for PMQs because of the Easter recess - and quite a lot has happened over that time. We’ve had the David Cameron tax row and the publication by the prime minister and his Labour counterpart of their tax returns. We’ve also had those government-funded EU leaflets going to every home in England. And that’s not to mention the crisis in the UK steel industry. How much of that will be reflected in the leaders’ exchanges?