Politics

The PM faces the prospect of a bruising session at the despatch box as he becomes embroiled in his first major firefighting exercise.

The prime minister says he ‘deeply regrets’ failing to wear seatbelt in the clip that was posted out on social media last week.

"Which is more embarrassing a former Prime Minister using the chairman of the BBC as a financial fixer or a former Chancellor who can't get his tax sums right?"

Zahawi's own website boasts that YouGov became famous for the “accuracy of its political polling”.

“The mainstream media is not your friend. The culture is not your friend. The government is not your friend. Big business is not your friend."

"The direction in which the Conservatives are travelling is already clear. The sick would pay for being sick."

The LBC caller spoke to James O'Brien following the Zahawi revelations. "I feel sick to the stomach, I put my job on the line and nothing has changed," he said.

Schools minister Nick Gibb has confirmed that a payment was made on a government procurement card to limo firm TBR Global Chauffeuring.

The BBC chief said the row over his role in reportedly helping arrange a guarantor for a loan for Boris Johnson was a distraction for the BBC.