6.45pm ToryDiary: Philip Hammond is new Defence Secretary. Justine Greening is new Transport Secretary
6.30pm WATCH: Cameron: Fox "did a good job at the MoD … offering good leadership to that department"
LIAM FOX RESIGNS AS DEFENCE SECRETARY
- LIAM FOX HAS RESIGNED - ToryDiary (INCLUDING THREE QUICK OBSERVATIONS and TEXTS OF LETTERS BETWEEN CAMERON AND FOX)
- Liam Fox resigns - Telegraph I BBC I Guardian I Independent I Daily Mail
- In his resignation letter Fox says he "mistakenly allowed the distinction between my personal interest and my government activities to become blurred"
- Resignation letter in full - Channel 4 News
- Cameron's response in full to Fox's resignation - Politics.co.uk
- Patrick Mercer tells Sky: "I'm very sad to see him go, this was a trial by media. Phillip Hammond is a very capable man but not a name I've heard connected to the role. However I can think of few safer and more trusted hands than his."
- Peter Bone says on the BBC "it's typical of Liam to put the country first" in resigning. "I think it was largely a media-driven [story]. I didn't see the hanging offence, I'm afraid,"
- 'Fall of a favourite of the Tory right' - Guardian
- More reactions to Fox's resignation - Telegraph
- James Forsyth: 'Fox unlikely to cause trouble for Cameron' - Spectator
- 'Out-foxed' - Sun
- 'Fox bows to pressure and resigns' - FT
- The rise and fall of Liam Fox - Times (£)
- Fox's resignation brings unwanted reshuffle - Independent
- The runners and riders to replace Fox - Guido Fawkes
- New Statesman says Phillip Hammond is heavily tipped to become Fox's replacement - New Statesman
STORIES PRIOR TO FOX'S RESIGNATION
- Adam Werritty quizzed for a second time over links to Fox - Independent
- Tory donor links to Adam Werritty increase pressure on Liam Fox - Telegraph
- Cameron concerned by Fox donor claims - AFP
- 'Fox had an American 'adviser' too: US defence lobbyist boasts that he worked with Minister and his charity' - Daily Mail
- Werritty "funded by private intelligence firm" - BBC
- Nick Robinson: 'Liam Fox: Why he might go' - BBC
OLIVER LETWIN
- Letwin investigated for binning sensitive documents and letters - Telegraph I Guardian
- Letwin faces security probe - FT I Daily Mail
- Cameron's woes fuelled by Letwin's rubbish gaffe - Reuters
- Ed Miliband describes Letwin's behaviour as "worrying" and "strange behaviour" - Telegraph I Mirror
- Check out British park bins for secret documents - euronews
- Michael White: 'Letwin and the bin – it's more funny than serious' - Guardian
- Steve Doughty: 'The strange ways of planet Letwin' - Daily Mail
- George Eaton: 'Oliver Letwin's biggest gaffes' - New Statesman
OTHER TORY & POLITICAL NEWS
- Iain Duncan Smith accused of "losing his cool" in housing benefit outburst - Guardian
- Toby YOung: 'It's official – Labour now supports Free Schools' - Telegraph
- Cameron signs up to LinkedIn (but says he's not looking for another job) - Daily Mail
- Tony Blair had a fling with Margaret Thatcher according to new Channel 4 satire - Metro I Huffington Post
- Thatcher invented soft-scoop ice cream - Daily Mail