David Cameron Live Blog

UK Prime Minister David Cameron has urged Europe's rulers to do more to quell the eurozone debt crisis and raised the prospect of a Greek default to argue he must stick to his unpopular attempt to cut spending and reduce debt at home. 

Warning that the survival of the euro was now in question, Cameron showed growing alarm and frustration that the crisis was spinning out of control, threatening Britain's $2.5 trillion economy and his own electoral prospects in 2015. 

"Greece is on the brink, the survival of the euro in question," Cameron told business leaders in the northern English city of Manchester. 

"Faced with this, I have a clear task: to keep Britain safe. Not to take the easy course - but the right course.

"As I have consistently said, it is in Britain's interest for the eurozone to sort out its problems." 

He said Europe's problems showed the dangers of scrapping his government's attempt to cut Britain's vast budget deficit, though he called on the European Central Bank to stimulate demand to help peripheral euro members. [Reuters]

Athletes from Syria should not be punished by being excluded from the London 2012 Olympic Games, Prime Minister David Cameron says.

I don't think we should punish the athletes for the sins of the region," he was quoted as saying by The Independent.

"Syrian athletes will be taking part in the Games, and that is right, but let's be absolutely clear: Britain has led efforts within the European Union and elsewhere to institute asset bans, travel freezes and punishing sanctions against this despicable regime and anyone covered by one of those travel bans will not be welcomed in London."

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he had little confidence in promises made by Syria to Russia over the violent crackdown by the regime in Damascus.

"I think we have very little confidence in that," Cameron told parliament when asked about Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital on Tuesday. [AFP]

British Prime Minister David Cameron says Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement are supporting Syria's violent crackdown on the country's uprising.

Cameron told lawmakers in the House of Commons on Wednesday that both were offering backing to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. He described Assad as a "wretched tyrant who is killing so many of his own people".

Thousands have been killed in Syria's crackdown on the 10-month-old uprising, and Cameron has pledged to press for tougher international sanctions - despite opposition from Russia and China.

He says there is "growing evidence that Iran is providing a huge amount of support" to Syria's ruling regime. 

Cameron is seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the violence. [AP]