7.30pm ToryDiary: Only 51% of Tories support withdrawal from the European Union – and 26% would consider voting UKIP
2.30pm Andrew Smith on Comment: Labour’s reshuffle is a swing to the left, but it will put more pressure on our areas of weakness
2pm LISTEN: Chuka Umunna: Apart from Italy, Britain is the only G8 member to have entered a double dip recession
12.30pm MPsETC: The People's Pledge announce three Greater Manchester constituencies will be next to hold a vote on an EU referendum
ToryDiary: Tory members lose faith in the Chancellor and Jeremy Hunt – but two Osborne-ites, Hammond and Greening, continue to impress
Lord Flight on Comment: The Treasury must prepare for the fact that it is only a matter of when and how the €uro breaks up
Alistair Renshaw on Comment: Retrospective taxation that forces people into bankruptcy is morally repugnant
Local government: Councils cutting subsidies for teaching unions by up to 50%
WATCH: David Cameron: It's in our interests as a society to help people to bring up their children
David Cameron at G8: warns Hollande that Britain will not accept a tax on the City, but Hollande tells Cameron French troops will withdraw from Afghanistan
"Veterans of Britain's tortuous relationship with the EU say Cameron and Osborne are giving a masterclass in how to annoy France and Germany" – Guardian
The Euro crisis means "It's a rotten time to be Prime Minister"
""It's a rotten time to be Prime Minister," David Cameron is said to remark privately as he contemplates what he described publicly this week as "living in perilous economic times". … Blaming it all on the eurozone may not help Mr Cameron and George Osborne, and they know it. Ten governments in Europe have been thrown out in the past year. The message is: incumbents take the rap, even if it is not entirely their fault. So Mr Cameron is straining every sinew, as he puts it, to secure UK growth" – Andrew Grice for the Independent
> From yesterday - Mark Field MP on Comment: Politicians still haven't told voters that we aren't nearly as prosperous as we thought we were
Tories have held meetings with Google every month since the election
"Tory ministers have held meetings with Google an average of once a month since the General Election. The revelation of the extraordinarily close relationship increases concerns that the internet giant has the ear of the Government on a host of sensitive topics. Official records show that David Cameron has met Google executives three times and Chancellor George Osborne four times." - Daily Mail
Hunt's adviser and Murdoch lobbyist to face Leveson - Independent
Theresa May takes powers to strip Met of counter-terrorism role
"The home secretary, Theresa May, has quietly taken powers to strip Scotland Yard of its national counter-terrorism role in the aftermath of the Olympics. The move, which could lead to counter-terrorism policing being assigned to the new national crime agency (NCA) after it is set up next April, is contained in an enabling clause in the crime and courts bill, which is to be given a second reading in the House of Lords on Monday 28 May." – Guardian
How the Prime Minister "chillaxes"
"David Cameron’s secrets of how to switch off from the pressures of work are revealed today: karaoke, snooker, tennis against a machine dubbed “the Clegger” and three or four glasses of wine at Sunday lunch. … On the relationship with Mr Hilton, the book reports that the Prime Minister’s policy guru chafed at Mr Cameron’s apparent readiness to compromise his early ambitions with the demands of coalition and Whitehall" – The Times (£)
Afghan war will leave taxpayers with £20bn bill as government reveal true cost of conflict – Daily Mail
Charles Moore: Britain has a friend in Mitt Romney, so David Cameron should get to know him
"He does not scintillate, but he is respectable, well-funded and experienced. He does value alliances, especially the US/British relationship; he does maintain the simple belief, often mocked but always true, that America needs a bridge to Europe (and vice versa) and gets it best from Britain. His foreign policy is classic conservative – more Henry Kissinger than George W Bush. At present, the links between the Romney camp and Mr Cameron hardly exist. Someone should arrange a non-governmental invitation to him to visit this country soon." – Charles Moore for the Daily Telegraph
Gold medal Olympians will no longer get automatic honours, says David Cameron
"Under a new approach which will apply from next month’s Birthday honours, there will no longer be “automatic” honours for successful athletes. Instead they will be judged against other criteria including their age, whether they are “giving back” to the community, the “level of competition” and “participation numbers” in their sport." – Daily Telegraph
Cuts? What cuts? Ignore the BBC and the Left, public spending is HIGHER than under Labour – Stephen Glover for the Daily Mail
Nick Clegg signals possible pasty tax u-turn
"Clegg insisted last night that he was listening to concerns over Pasty Tax “very closely”. His support came as the consultation on Chancellor George Osborne’s hated 20 per cent VAT grab closed last night. On a visit to Cornwall Mr Clegg said: “We’re listening very carefully. I know how strongly people feel about this.”" – The Sun
> From yesterday - Columnist Bruce Anderson: Even Fred Goodwin is a far more sensible chap than Clegg, Heseltine and the other €uro-fanatics
Ed Miliband: It's time to end ‘Camerkozy’ economics
"The focus of world leaders at Camp David this weekend and in Europe in the days ahead should be to agree on a programme of collective action, a shared agenda for growth and the abandonment of outdated mantras that nothing can be done – a final rejection of the Cameron-Merkel-Sarkozy approach. Only that will put the recovery back on track and start to restore the reputation of our politics." – Ed Miliband for the FT (£)
Labour MP John Mann's wife sent dead bird in post - Independent
What we've seen so far is just the phoney war, but the SNP is ready to start its fight to break up Britain in earnest next week – Alan Cochrane for the Daily Telegraph
Schools Commissioner calls for lotteries to give places to a wider variety of children – The Times (£)
> Yesterday in The Deep End: 21% of British children have been labelled with ‘Special Educational Needs’ when only 8% really deserve the label and extra help
Civil servants get extra three days holiday if they work over 36 hours a week – Daily Telegraph
High-earning council tenants will face paying full market rate for homes - Daily Telegraph
Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi to address parliament on June visit – Guardian
Seven due in court on terrorism charges in Northern Ireland – ITV
We are living in the Second Elizabethan Age
"Like the Queen, who has known 12 prime ministers and found them all “wonderful fun”, we should take a longer view. If modern Britain is beset by a faddish pessimism, it is also much richer, fairer, more tolerant and more welcoming than it was 60 years ago." – Times (£) editorial
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