In a sombre mood
Westminster is in sombre mood this morning with news breaking just after 9am of the sad death of David and Samantha Cameron's severely disabled son, Ivan.
Aged six, and suffering from cerebral palsy and epilepsy since birth, he died in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, during the night.
Early reports suggest his parents had little warning.
We are remaking our programme as I write to take into account this huge personal tragedy for the Leader of the Opposition and family.
We will speak to the BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson, at the top of the show and to our guests of the day, Charles Clarke and Michael Heseltine.
Mr Cameron will obviously step back from Prime Minister's Questions, which means Gordon Brown -- no stranger to family tragedy himself (he and Sarah lost a child at birth) -- will probably pull out too.
We will still be there live at noon.
We'll also be discussing a number of political issues on both sides of the Atlantic and we'll have the boxer Barry McGuigan live talking about integrated education in Northern Ireland.
But everything in Westminster this morning will be overshadowed by the death of Mr Cameron's son.
The Daily Politics starts at 11.30 on BBC2 and continues until 1pm. You can also watch it later on BBC iPlayer
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