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| Tory Aitken returns to front line | Tory Aitken returns to front line |
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| Disgraced former Tory Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is to be rehabilitated back into front-line politics by leading a study into prison reform. | Disgraced former Tory Cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken is to be rehabilitated back into front-line politics by leading a study into prison reform. |
| It has been revealed Mr Aitken will head a policy task force for think tank the Centre for Social Justice, which advises David Cameron on social issues. | It has been revealed Mr Aitken will head a policy task force for think tank the Centre for Social Justice, which advises David Cameron on social issues. |
| He was jailed for 18 months in 1999 for perjury during a libel action. | He was jailed for 18 months in 1999 for perjury during a libel action. |
| Speaking to the Observer the 65-year-old confirmed he would be heading the study for the CSJ. | Speaking to the Observer the 65-year-old confirmed he would be heading the study for the CSJ. |
| Mr Aitken resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1997 so he could sue the Guardian over allegations that a Saudi businessman had paid for him to stay at the Paris Ritz in breach of ministerial rules. | Mr Aitken resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1997 so he could sue the Guardian over allegations that a Saudi businessman had paid for him to stay at the Paris Ritz in breach of ministerial rules. |
| Launching the action, he insisted that the "simple sword of truth" would help him win. | |
| Confirming he was taking theprison reform job, he said: "It is a cause dear to my heart for obvious reasons. | |
| "It is an assignment well worth taking extremely seriously. This isn't an ego trip for me. This is a job to be done. I have a very good team who I think will help to do it well." | "It is an assignment well worth taking extremely seriously. This isn't an ego trip for me. This is a job to be done. I have a very good team who I think will help to do it well." |
| Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, who runs the think tank, will formally unveil the appointment on Monday. |