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David Cameron is a Conservative party politician and has been MP for Witney since June 2001. As of July 2009, Cameron is the Leader of the Opposition having assumed office in December 2005 following the resignation of previous leader Michael Howard. After being elected to parliament in 2001, Cameron served on the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, before in 2003 being appointed as shadow minister, and becoming vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party. In June 2005, Cameron was appointed Shadow Education Secretary, and in December of the same year, he won the Conservative Party leadership election. Under Cameron’s leadership, throughout 2008 to July 2009, the Conservatives have been ahead of the Labour Party consistently in the polls.

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David Cameron: Would I sack George Osborne? Yes absolutely if I have to...

06.11.09
Tory leader David Cameron talks revealingly about colleagues, policy and the faith that guides him... more

David Cameron: My faith and fear of failure

06.11.09
EXCLUSIVE: David Cameron reveals his faith in God, his fear of failure and his dread that another of his children could die... more

Cameron is right to back Crossrail

06.11.09
This newspaper's interview with David Cameron lays bare some of the tough choices that will face the Conservative leader if he forms the next Government... more

Senior MPs ‘use delaying tactics to avoid paying back expenses’

06.11.09
Senior MPs threatened to defy demands to repay expenses that were deemed to be over-claimed by auditor Sir Thomas Legg... more

MP tells of sex pest in the cloakroom as Tory defends his bottom slap

06.11.09
Fresh 'sexism in the Commons' allegations emerged as a woman Tory MP reveals a Labour backbencher propositioned her... more

London - the city that you just can't stereotype

06.11.09
I was walking to the local post office one morning this week when I came across a policeman looking grimly at a large pile of car tyres that had been dumped in the gutter... more

Cameron branded ‘pathetic’ as Tory duo quit over U-turn

05.11.09
David Cameron hit by two Tory resignations and denounced as 'pathetic' and 'autistic' by the French foreign minister over his new policies on Europe... more

Oh, it’s the Shane story at Lloyds...

05.11.09
On BBC news, Lloyds Banking Group’s in-house PR Shane O’Riordain says: “Lloyds is a strong, well-capitalised bank.” ... more

Afghan tragedy must not shake our resolve

05.11.09
The situation in Afghanistan was brought into sharp perspective yesterday when we learned of the death of five British servicemen at the hands of one of the Afghan policemen they were helping to train... more

Town hall staff pay is frozen in crackdown on council tax rises

05.11.09
Hundreds of town hall staff are to have their pay frozen as a crackdown on council tax hikes sweeps across London... more

MPs’ wives in High Court bid to keep jobs

05.11.09
Wives of MPs are set to go to the High Court in their battle against a ban on being employed by their husbands... more

Steely Neelie’s got it badly wrong on RBS punishment

05.11.09
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The power dresser

05.11.09
The designer of Samantha Cameron's party conference frock is now suing M&S over its copyright. But fashion feuds apart, Alison Mansell insists, she's a Tory too... more

David Cameron set to blame Gordon Brown in bid to avoid Treaty criticism

04.11.09
Latest: David Cameron braced for a Eurosceptic backlash as he prepared to rule out a referendum on reclaiming powers from Brussels... more

Now we need to see how David Cameron will deal with the EU

04.11.09
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Cameron pledge on referendum over Europe... but not this time

04.11.09
David Cameron pledges that 'never again' will powers be handed to Europe without a referendum of the British people ... more

Kym Marsh crowned Celebrity Mum of the Year

04.11.09
Coronation Street star Kym Marsh has been named Celebrity Mum of the Year.... more

Kiss goodbye to the golden payoffs, watchdog tells MPs

04.11.09
Latest: Call to strip greedy and disgraced MPs of 'golden goodbye' pay-offs made by the standards watchdog ... more

Tory MPs blast Cameron over Lisbon U-turn

03.11.09
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Once again our leaders just pass the buck on drugs

03.11.09
Sacking David Nutt is hardly the 'brave' move the Home Secretary claims: the real target has to be the law itself... more

Gordon Brown: I’m right to overrule drug advisers

03.11.09
Gordon Brown hits back in the drugs row, insisting he was right to overrule scientists on cannabis... more

Gordon Brown reveals he is an X Factor fan

03.11.09
Gordon Brown delivered a double blow to the BBC today as he questioned Jonathan Ross's salary - then revealed he preferred X Factor to Strictly Come Dancing... more

Cameron: My patient power plan to replace the NHS target culture

02.11.09
David Cameron promises to expand 'patient power' as he sets out a Tory government's priorities for the NHS... more

David Cameron's health pledge may rebound

02.11.09
Conservative leader David Cameron seeks to square a circle today as he promises both to safeguard and to reform the NHS... more

Tories 'set to retreat on EU referendum'

02.11.09
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David Cameron rounds on MP for Hitler expenses jibe

02.11.09
Latest: Tory backbencher ordered by David Cameron to retract 'ludicrous' claims that MPs' treatment in the expenses scandal compares to the plight of Jews in Nazi Germany... more

Brown and Cameron move apart over expenses reform

02.11.09
Clear divide opens between Gordon Brown and David Cameron on whether Sir Christopher Kelly's sweeping reforms on expenses should be watered down... more

They wanted a yes man to tell us to just say no

02.11.09
I see it as a film trailer. A blighted desert landscape. Blowing dust. A lone figure in a crumpled suit. "It was a time of conflict," a voice-over growls... more

Council tax bills cut for millions of Londoners

02.11.09
NEW: Londoners stand to benefit as authorities compete to freeze or cut council tax bills in the run-up to the general election... more

How Labour has stopped caring what voters think

02.11.09
As my text for the coming week in politics, I pray for an outburst by No 10 enforcer Malcolm Tucker, from the wonderful new series of The Thick of It... more

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  • Facts
  • Cameron attended Eaton College where he attained 12 O-Levels, three A-Levels (all received grade A) and an S-Level. His Eton career has proven controversial, where it emerged he had been found to have smoked cannabis
  • Cameron is a graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford, receiving a first class honours degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)
  • Cameron is married to Samantha, who has given birth to three children. Their first child Ivan was born with the rare ‘Ohtahara syndrome,’ a combination of cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy, and died aged six years old in 2009
  • Cameron spent part of his gap year before Oxford in Russia (then the Soviet Union), where he was allegedly the subject of an attempted recruitment by the KGB, the Soviet Secret Service.
  • Cameron is the 5th cousin, twice removed of Queen Elizabeth II, as he is a direct descendant to King William IV and the King’s mistress, Dorothea Jordan

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