Prime Minister David Cameron

£50,000 buys a seat at the top table for business leaders hoping to get the PM's ear

Cooper says MPs have been denied a vote on the 'crucial crime fighting measure'.

UK not seeking another Cold War with Russia, but I will confront Putin says PM

The plans were confirmed following a visit from David Cameron.

Chancellor George Osborne's claims over the £1.7bn budget payment has been challenged.

UK Chancellor George Osborne said Prime Minister Cameron would press ahead with plans in calm way.

The Scottish National Party had wanted the home nations to vote separately

Political Editor Nick Assinder considers the ups and downs of the Westminster week

The prime minister has walked into a new row over Europe which will damage his hopes in the Rochester by-election

The two major parties have attempted to stake out their election territories.

A new poll suggests Ukip is on course for an historic by-election victory in Rochester.

Pressure is mounting on the newly appointed chairman of the child abuse inquiry, Fiona Woolf

Miliband appoints a new Europe spokesman as Cameron faces fears of Brexit from moderate loyalists.

The outgoing EU Commission president has told the prime minister a cap on migration will never be acceptable

The first time I met David Cameron was at a Blackpool hotel at the Conservative party conference the year after he became leader.

Prime minister may become first serving Tory Prime Minister to send their child to a state secondary school

Freud is claimed to have gone into hiding after his remarks over the minimum wage.

The prime minister has said he will have "one last go" at renegotiating relations with the EU.

The prime minister is facing demands to clarify his suggested 'emergency brake' on EU migrants.

Lord Freud's remarks that some disabled were not worth the minimum wage may end with his sacking.

The prime minister has launched a make-or-break campaign to hang on to Rochester.

Plans for further devolution to Scotland and England have descended into party political game playing

Tories pick 20 November for crucial by-election in a bid to slow the Ukip bandwagon.

Reports that the government thinks NHS reform was its biggest mistake have come at a critical time.

Ukip's newly elected MP will act as a constant reminder of the threat the big parties now face.

Nigel Farage and Douglas Carswell have confounded all their critics and left the big parties facing huge uncertainty.

Ukip has secured its first MP and come close to seizing a safe Labour seat in sensational by-election results

Polls in Clacton and Heywood and Middleton will show who is most at risk from Ukip.

The Lib Dem leader has ended his conference with a plea for voters to give him another shot in coalition.

Worries over Ed Miliband's leadership of Labour have been highlighted by his mansion tax proposal.