European human rights court blocks the deportation of terror suspect Abu Qatada

UK JUDGES RULE THAT RADICAL CLERIC ABU QATADA CANNOT BE DEPORTED

• Human rights court in Strasbourg block Abu Qatada deportation - Guardian
• 'European court overrules Britain on terror detainee' - New York Times
• 'Terror cleric Abu Qatada cannot be deported to Jordan because it breaches his human rights, European judges rule' - Daily Mail
• The Telegraph timelines Abu Qatada's legal battle to stay in Britain - Telegraph
• Abu Qatada and terrorist deportations - BBC
• Joshua Rozenberg: "Abu Qatada can't be sent back to Jordan. But the government will take some comfort from Strasbourg's judgment" - Guardian
• Ed West: "Qatada has no rights upon Britain anymore than I have rights upon Jordan, and by granting him such the judges are not just undermining justice but the very sovereignty on which justice and human rights are built" - Telegraph
• Michael Burleigh: 'Get this creature out of here' - Daily Mail

ELDERLY CARE & THE WELFARE REFORM BILL

• Grant Shapps says councils should help the elderly to downsize - BBC
• Chris Skidmore MP: "The family is the most important building block of a civilised society. The principle of paying child benefit is one that is long established, it being considered beneficial to society for the government to help people financially when they have children. Why then should the same not be true for those who care for elderly or vulnerable relatives?" - Telegraph
• The elderly care system is "broken" and must be urgently reformed to stop pensioners "losing everything" to pay for help in old age, the Government's chief adviser Andrew Dilnot warns - Telegraph
• The House of Lords discusses disability benefit cuts - Guardian
• 'Critics urge halt to 'rushed' disability benefit change' - BBC
• Neil O'Brien: "If the government gives benefits to people who don't need them, that means less to spend on those who really do. This is an issue of fairness, which is why reforming Disability Living Allowance is the right thing to do" - Telegraph
• "Using supermarkets to identify carers has been described as a "bemusing" and "nonsense headline-grabbing idea" by members of the health select committee" - BBC

LABOUR RESPONDS TO LEN MCCLUSKEY WHO ACCUSED MILIBAND OF LEADING LABOUR TO ELECTORAL DISASTER - BUT UNION REBELLION GROWS

• Miliband hits back at McCluskey criticism - Telegraph returning the fire - Guardian
• McCluskey is wrong about Labout, says Harriet Harman: "We're not accepting the Tory government's cuts, we're fighting the cuts" - Telegraph
• "GMB and Public Commercial Services unions, key players in the 30 November national strike, joined the condemnation of the party's support for a public sector pay squeeze" - Guardian
• So far over 70% in a Guardian poll believe the unions are right to distance themselves from Labour - Guardian
• Dan Hodges: 'Ed Miliband vs Len McCluskey: it's not a fair fight' - Telegraph
• Mary Riddell:  "For the unions, the two Eds are as good as it gets. For the public, it is vital that Labour establish itself as a party of courage and economic  credibility" - Telegraph
• James Forsyth: 'What will Miliband do now?' - Spectator
• PlayPolitical: Harriet Harman: It is "simply not the case" that Labour is accepting the Government's spending cuts

THE WEST LOTHIAN QUESTION & THE STATE OF THE UNION

• 'West Lothian question inquiry 'risks creating second-class MPs': Labour criticises commission set up to investigate whether English MPs should get greater say in England-only legislation - Guardian
• What is the West Lothian question, and why does it mater? - Guardian
• Alex Salmond seeks talks with Scottish Secretary Michael Moore - Press Association
• Daniel Hannan MEP: 'The greater threat to the Union comes from England' - Telegraph

EDUCATION

• Gove orders Ofsted to carry out an inspection of Downhills Primary in Haringey, which is at the centre of an academy row - Guardian
• Daniel Knowles: "Gove is doing an excellent job of trying to change attitudes in much of the state system. But he should be very wary of embracing selection. Tests don't improve schools by themselves; they just redistribute the children" - Telegraph

OTHER TORY & POLITICAL NEWS

• Greg Barker MP: 'The green deal will be the biggest home energy programme of modern times' - Guardian
• Peter Hoskin pictures the Lib Dems' differentiation strategy - Spectator
• Ian Hislop tells the Leveson inquiry that politicians and the police are to blame for hacking - Reuters
• Peace protestors avoid Parliament Square clearance - Guardian
• Charles Crawford: "The countries which make up the European Union are keen if not desperate to keep the Centre (as represented by the eurozone) in business: the political and economic costs of its falling apart would (they think) be unfathomable and catastrophically high" - Telegraph
• ToryDiary: Any Tory rebellion against the Government's plans to allow gay marriage will be embarrassing for Cameron
• Iain Dale: Gay marriage, bigoted Tories & irresponsible journalism - Dale & Company