12/12/2011

Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster .
MPs have packed the Commons to hear David Cameron mount a robust defence of his decision to use his veto during last week's European summit. Mr Cameron said the proposed EU treaty, designed to bolster the Eurozone, was not in Britain's interests. But the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, said that by vetoing the treaty, the Prime Minister had left Britain without a voice in Europe.