DAVID Cameron looks set to make a last-gasp bid to get the EU budget frozen with a whistle-stop tour of European capitals following his failed attempt to agree a deal earlier this week with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
While the Prime Minister can do little about the hike planned for next year because this is agreed by qualified majority voting, he has threatened to veto the "ludicrous" proposed £80 billion increase in the EU budget for 2014 to 2020 when leaders meet for a special summit in Brussels on November 22.
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