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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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Police ‘will quit’ if Tories create elected bosses

20.11.09
One of Britain’s top policemen clashed with David Cameron over Tory plans for locally elected police chiefs... more

2.4m pensioners face benefit cuts to fund care at home

19.11.09
Two benefits currently claimed by 2.4 million pensioners may be axed to fund free personal care, the Government confirmed... more

Kelly blasts Labour over expenses law

19.11.09
Labour rocked after the man tasked with cleaning up MPs’ expenses attacked the Queen’s Speech for ignoring the issue... more

Brian Friedman promises more rap from Jedward

19.11.09
Video: X Factor choreographer Brian Friedman predicts another big weekend for the terrible twins John and Edward... more

British soldier killed in battle is 98th to die

19.11.09
A military policeman has been killed in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said. His family have been told... more

Nasty fiscal medicine needed to save Britain from disaster

19.11.09
If anyone in the Conservative Party still has a number for Norman Lamont this might be the moment to give him a call... more

Why Brown and Cameron are now schmoozing

19.11.09
Life is just so exciting right now. Today's stunning discovery is that I am a Cyberwoman... more

This Government is concerned only with surviving

19.11.09
Is that it? That was my reaction as I stood at the back of the House of Lords with other MPs listening to the Queen's Speech... more

Brown gives up on Blair and seeks EU consolation prize

19.11.09
Video: Gordon Brown all but gives up on Tony Blair’s hopes of becoming EU President and embarks on 'Plan B' to clinch top economic post for Britain... more

At last we've got David Cameron on the back foot

18.11.09
David Cameron seems to be getting a little rattled. Following his flustered performance at PMQs last week, he seems shocked and disconcerted to be facing a political fight again... more

Tax rises look likely after Queen's speech

18.11.09
Queen's Speech: Post-election tax increases move closer as Gordon Brown pitches for fourth Labour term with promises aimed at families worried about children and elderly parents... more

Too much, too late to sway the voters

18.11.09
Gordon Brown has finally got the fight he wanted... the only question is whether voters will bother to watch... more

Norman is the surprise choice for ITV chair

18.11.09
ITV named Archie Norman, the former Tory shadow cabinet member and chief executive of Asda, as its new chairman ... more

Ex-Asda boss faces daunting trial in ITV jungle

18.11.09
So Archie Norman is going to sumbit himself to the Bushtucker Trial that is chairing ITV. Formerly an MP, Tory chief executive and Asda chairman, he says the challenge of overseeing the I’m A Celebrity and X-Factor broadcaster is “irresistible” ... more

Eurosceptic policies could harm City, says Lord Mayor

17.11.09
The City will suffer if a Tory government decides to 'disengage' from Europe, the Lord Mayor of London has suggested... more

‘Interfering’ Tories are warned of more revolts by the Turnip Taliban

17.11.09
David Cameron was warned to expect fresh 'Turnip Taliban' revolts by local Tory associations after a would-be MP survived a deselection attempt... more

Queen's Speech will be 'Labour pre-election press release'

17.11.09
Queen's Speech will be used by Labour for political point-scoring rather than sorting Britain's problems, claimed David Cameron... more

Cameron allies 'fill boots' with second jobs

16.11.09
David Cameron's allies were today accused of 'filling their boots' from second jobs before being forced to quit them... more

Cameron ‘is interfering to save Tory from being sacked’

16.11.09
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Tweet in haste and repent at leisure

16.11.09
Stephen Fry is just one of a number who have discovered that what you 'tweet' on Twitter is harder to get rid of than nuclear waste... more

Tory MP challenges Cameron over Europe referendum

11.11.09
NEW: David Cameron faces renewed attacks over his abandonment of a referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty after one of his MPs vows to campaign for a public vote... more

Cameron to give charities cash in drive to beat welfare ‘failure’

10.11.09
David Cameron attacks the 'moral failure' of state-run welfare as he announces radical plans to use taxpayers’ cash to fund charities helping the poorest in society... more

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

04.11.09
Twenty years ago this month, the Czechs provided one of the highlights of a historic year when the Velvet Revolution in Prague drove the Communists from power... more

Tory MPs blast Cameron over Lisbon U-turn

03.11.09
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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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