Cameron becomes family's lodger

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Mr Cameron described on his website how he had spent two days this week living with 37-year-old Abdullah Rehman and his family in the city's Balsall Heath district.

Explaining his decision, Mr Cameron said that he wanted to spend some "proper time" away from Westminster.

"I'm already rather fed up with the way that touring the country works in politics," he said.

"You charge around having to meet deadlines imposed by the media and the Parliamentary timetable. An hour here, an hour there (frequently half hour, in fact) - with snatched conversations, half learning things but not getting to the bottom of a problem, and often failing to gain a proper understanding of what's going on.

"There's too much of people telling you what they think you want to hear, and too often the boldest or loudest voices dominate, rather than the most considered and thoughtful."

The website includes a series of pictures of his time with the family, including one of them taking tea and biscuits in their front room and another shopping for hot dog sausages.