Cameron pressed on Fox donations

The prime minister has been asked for an assurance that no other minister has been "soliciting undeclared private donations" in the wake of Liam Fox's resignation. The defence secretary stood down on Friday after newspaper reports about his relationship with Adam Werrity, an unofficial "special adviser". At prime minister's questions today Labour leader Ed Miliband said revelations about Werrity's behavior were "deeply worrying" and questioned why Downing St was unaware of what was going on. David Cameron said the seriousness of the allegations against Fox led him to set up an inquiry by the cabinet secretary, and the defence secretary had broken the ministerial code and resigned as a result. Miliband called on the prime minister to "show a bit of humility" and said the full facts are still not known, such as who funded Werrity and what other ministers he met with. He said some of the donors that funded Werrity have links to the Conservative party and asked for a guarantee that no other minister "got involved in similar activity". Cameron said it is Labour who should show humility and listed a series of scandals, including "mortgages for mates, the dodgy dossier and a good day to bury bad news". He told Miliband he should have asked these questions last week. "If he is going to jump on a bandwagon, he should make sure it is still moving," he said. Miliband said Cameron's "pattern of activity" shows he does not ask tough questions of those around him, and as a result his spin doctor has been arrested and his defence secretary has resigned "in disgrace". Later in PMQs Miliband asked if the government's plan is still working in the light of rising retail prices and unemployment. Cameron said world food and fuel prices as well as the VAT rise are responsible for rising prices, but the VAT rise was needed to tackele the "record deficit". Miliband said the UK has some of the highest inflation in Europe. "His plan is not working but he refuses to change course," he told MPs. Miliband asked how many businesses have been helped by the regional growth fund in the past 16 months. Cameron said the UK had the biggest boom and bust in Europe under Labour, and claimed the fund will distribute billions of pounds across the country. Miliband replied that just two businesses have been helped by the fund, while 16,000 businesses have gone bankrupt. He accused the prime minister of being "hopelessly out of touch" by sticking to a plan that is not working. Cameron said Miliband is talking down the economy, and 300,000 new businesses have started up and half a million new jobs have been created since he took office. He accused Labour of having a "crazy plan" to spend an extra £100bn by the end of this parliament. He added that "not a single country" thinks you deal with debt by spending more.