Presentation of Dr Johan Van Overtveldt's book, "The end of the euro: The uneasy future of the EU", 6 December 2011, London

Czech Republic stays out of fiscal treaty, but remains open to future accession; France???s ratification hostage to outcome of presidential elections

Tabloid editor Dominic Mohan and Times editor James Harding recalled to Leveson inquiry into phone-hacking

The head of the Student Loans Company will have tax and National Insurance payments deducted from his £182,000 pay package in future, ministers say.

First Minister Carwyn Jones says the future of BBC Wales and S4C will be on the agenda when he meets BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten.

A former Scotland Office minister is calling for a "double referendum" to decide Scotland's constitutional future.

Government departments hit their own cost-cutting targets over the past year but will find it much harder to do so in the future and the impact on services is unclear, the spending watchdog says.

Labour will not regain power until it "fully understands" why it lost support and "clarifies the kind of future" it wants to see, David Miliband says.

David Cameron could be dragged into difficult territory if the Government has to take a position on the activities of other rogue businessmen.

In the week of the publication of university application figures, LibDemVoice co-editors Mark Pack and Stephen Tall debate what it means for the Lib Dems’ future policy… Stephen Tall: The publication of the University application figures for 2012 — the first year of the new £9k maximum fees regime — has something for everyone. Those