Cameron: 'Putin wanted bare-chested dress code at G8'

David Cameron tonight joked that Russian president Vladimir Putin wanted a "bare-chested dress-code" at last month's G8 summit.

Speaking at the Business in the Community Responsible Business Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, Mr Cameron said:

"I some of you think I was dressed a little bit scruffily - should've worn a tie.

"But you didn't know what was going on behind the scenes. Vladimir Putin wanted the dress-code to be bare-chested on horseback.

"I just had to haggle him down to smart-casual."

Mr Putin was famously pictured riding a horse across rural Russia without a shirt in 2009.