What's happening

Today is the deadline for Iranian diplomats to leave the UK

Francis Maude meets with health workers' unions in ongoing discussions about the public sector pensions reforms

Lynne Featherstone addresses the Civil Society Forum of Afghanistan in Germany

9.00 Boris Johnson announces the fares package for 2012 at Finsbury Park in London

9.20 Andrew Lansley speaks at the Healthcare Financial Management Association conference

10.30 The High Court hears a case brought by the National Secular Society about whether it infringes an atheist's human rights for there to be prayers at the start of a council meeting

12.00 Scottish finance minister John Swinney addresses business leaders to discuss economic growth and the Scottish government's reaction to the UK government's autumn statement

12.00 David Cameron meets Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris

What's been said

Fraser Nelson in the Daily Telegraph wonders why Labour can't grasp the need for austerity

We risk sleepwalking into a war with Iran, say David Miliband and Nader Mousavizadeh in the Financial Times (£)

Labour must accept the challenge of advancing social justice in an era of limited public expenditure, say Anthony Painter and Hopi Sen in the Guardian

Clegg has got it wrong on the fairness divide, says Anushka Asthana in The Times (£)