BBC News – Politics

• U-turn over 'Cornish pasty tax'
  The government is to reverse its plan to impose VAT on Cornish pasties and reduce the proposed charges on static caravans, the BBC learns.
• Blair defends Murdoch friendship
  Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the Leveson Inquiry his friendship with Rupert Murdoch was "a working relationship" until he left office.
• 'Tip-toeing back to third runway'
  London Mayor Boris Johnson tells BBC's Newsnight he will "die in a ditch" rather than allow the building of a third runway at Heathrow.
• Syria 'risks civil war' - Hague
  William Hague says there is an increasing risk of civil war in Syria following the massacre in Houla and the government must implement an international plan to stop violence.
• Warsi refers expenses to watchdog
  Conservative Party co-chairman Lady Warsi asks a parliamentary watchdog to consider allegations about her expenses, saying she takes them "very seriously".