Conservative leadership candidate, David Cameron, last night restated his support for relaxing pub licensing hours in an interview with Jeremy Paxman for the BBC’s Newsnight programme.

Cameron – who is currently front-runner in the leadership contest and was until recently a non-executive director of nightclub group Urbium – said he had consistently backed the “broad thrust” of changing licensing hours, which begins next week, although he did not give his full endorsement to Labour’s new licensing scheme. Details: www.davidcameronmp.com