What's happening

9.00 The Cabinet holds its weekly meeting at No 10

10.00 The House of Lords continues to debate Lords reform

10.00 Andrew Lansley speaks at the International Integrated Care Summit at the King's Fund in London

11.30 The culture, media and sport select committee publishes its report into phone hacking

11.30 Campaign groups take part in May Day march through central London as part of International Workers' Day. A rally is also held in Glasgow.

13.30 The ceremony that prorogues Parliament until the Queen's Speech next week takes place

19.30 Michael Gove attends a dinner hosted by the Boarding Schools Association Conference for Headteachers

What's been said

Polly Toynbee in The Guardian makes the case for the 'urgent necessity' for voting Labour in Thursday's local elections

The government's mate-ocracy is now embedded in voters’ minds, says Rachel Sylvester in The Times (£)

This crisis goes beyond integrity - it’s now about accountability, says Steve Richards in The Independent

If Ed Miliband can be a man for these times, he may yet be PM, says Mary Riddell in the Daily Telegraph