What's happening

Today Theresa May attends the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council in Luxembourg

Today Defence Secretary Philip Hammond gives a speech at the annual RUSI conference

Today Eric Pickles issues guidance for local shops on how to tackle problems such as anti-social behaviour and graffiti as part of DCLG's work on regenerating high streets

Today Caroline Spelman attends a Pre-Rio+20 event for young people at the Science Museum in London

Today Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick address a conference in Edinburgh celebrating Scottish business

8.00 On the second day of his trip to Norway, David Cameron is expected to make an announcement about a deal on closer energy links with Norway, before travelling to Berlin with Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg for meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

11.00 Ed Miliband gives a speech and holds a Q & A on 'Defending the Union in England'

12.00 The UK Monetary Policy Committee announces its decision on interest rates

15.00 Frank Zimmerman, found guilty of making malicious communications under Section 127 of the 2003 Communications Act to Conservative MP Louise Mensch via Twitter, is sentenced at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court

What's been said

The euro’s 'guilty men’ are now steering Europe to catastrophe, says Peter Oborne in the Daily Telegraph

Baroness Warsi's problem is that her job just doesn't matter enough, says Steve Richards in The Independent

The economic crisis in Europe has presented us with clear choices for the future, says David Owen in The Times (£)

The oratory is still there in British political culture but it's just a bit less obvious now, says Sam Leith in The Guardian