Summary

  • Michael Gove is new Justice Secretary as David Cameron puts Conservative cabinet together

  • Nicola Sturgeon tells BBC David Cameron must go further than Smith Commission devolution plans

  • Lord Mandelson tells Andrew Marr Show, Labour is 'back in the 1980s'

  • Possible Labour leader hopeful Liz Kendall and Douglas Carswell on Sunday Politics at 1.30pm

  • Chuka Umunna and Tristram Hunt also set out why they are considering standing for Labour leadership

  1. Cameron 'king'published at 14:43

    The Daily Politics

    Stewart Jackson

    Conservative MP Stewart Jackson says it could be time to look at House of Lords reform again. He says David Cameron is "king of all he surveys" for a while following his election victory. He and other Eurosceptics will be working to avoid a repeat of the "calamity" over Europe during John Major's time as PM, he promises.

  2. Mann: I rate Jarvispublished at 14:41

    The Daily Politics

    Labour MP John Mann says Lord Mandelson's call to return to the centre is "three-quarters right", but other issues need addressing, such as immigration. The next leader cannot be someone who's been a special adviser "in the Westminster bubble". Dan Jarvis, a former soldier, fits the bill. he adds.

  3. Labour navel-gazing 'danger'published at 14:40

    The Daily Politics

    Labour MP John Mann says it's "dangerous" for Labour to have too much internal discussion following its defeat. People on the doorstep didn't think Ed Miliband was "prime-ministerial quality", he adds.

    John Mann
  4. And then there were six...published at 14:35

    The Daily Politics

    Tom Brake, one of the eight remaining Lib Dem MPs after Thursday's rout, rules himself out of running to replace Nick Clegg as leader. He says he admires both Tim Farron and Norman Lamb.

  5. Right foot forwardpublished at 14:33

    David CameronImage source, PA

    David Cameron marches across Horse Guards Parade in central London, as part of celebrations of the 70th anniversary of VE Day.

  6. Our survey says...published at 14:29

    An Independent columnist's view

  7. Are you running?published at 14:25

    Liz Kendall

    Earlier on Sunday Politics, Liz Kendall was asked to confirm whether she will be running for the Labour leadership. Her answer? "Yes."

  8. 'Lucky' Brakepublished at 14:2o

    The Daily Politics

    Tom Brake, the sole surviving Lib Dem MP in London, says he was "lucky" the Conservatives spent more money on ousting some of his colleagues, including Ed Davey and Vince Cable.

  9. Carswell on Faragepublished at 14:14

    Political Editor of the Spectator writes

  10. Carswell on UKIP's futurepublished at 14:14

    The Daily Politics

    Douglas Carswell

    Douglas Carswell says the Conservative Party is far too patrician and corporatist" for him ever to want to rejoin. He refuses to endorse a single candidate to replace Nigel Farage as leader, but makes clear he thinks they need to have the chance to show how they would lead the party, adding, when pressed about Mr Farage standing again, that they were not a one man party. He also rules out standing to be the next UKIP leader.

  11. UKIP 'radical alternative'published at 14:08

    UKIP can replace Labour by offering a "sort of radical popular capitalism", says MP Douglas Carswell. It's the corporatist system in the UK that's giving capitalism a bad name, he argues. The position would be somewhere near that of the Gladstonian Liberal Party, Mr Carswell says.

  12. Happy talkingpublished at 14:05

    The Daily Politics

    UKIP's only MP, Douglas Carswell, says the party has good reason to be cheerful, having won four million votes. "Optimism works in politics," he adds.

  13. New Labour?published at 14:03

    Paul Kenny

    A return to New Labour "would hardly win back Scotland" for the party, says GMB union leader Paul Kenny. It's not "left-wing" to stand up for working people, he adds.

  14. SNP powerpublished at 14:02

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie is challenged on The World This Weekend that a Conservative government will make the SNPs case for independence stronger. He says: "We did not want to see a Tory government, we wanted to lock a Tory government out."

    Will the SNP actually wield any power now it's in Westminster?

    He says a cynic could say that no MP apart from a handful at the centre of government has power. But he adds that SNP "will now be on every committee".

  15. Mandelson in deckchair demandpublished at 14:00

    The Daily Politics

    Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB union, says Lord Mandelson should "go back to his deckchair in the garden", following his criticism of union funding of Labour. It's not time to go back to the leadership "courting millionaires", he adds.

  16. Life chancespublished at 13:56

    The Daily Politics

    Sunday PoliticsImage source, bbc

    Liz Kendall says she wants everyone to have equal chances in life and that Labour must work to allow this. It must return to its roots of "helping each other". She has no idea where the large stone used to display Labour's pledges during the campaign has gone.

  17. 'End Blair-Brown era'published at 13:52

    Liz KendallImage source, bbc

    People on the minimum wage didn't feel Labour was doing enough for them, says MP Liz Kendall. She also says those aspiring to better their lives must be represented. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown "made great improvements for this country, but we've got to move forward", she tells Sunday Politics.

  18. 'Pub moaner can't win'published at 13:50

    The Daily Politics

    Shadow care minister Liz Kendall, who has said she's interested in replacing Ed Miliband, argues that Labour didn't aim for broad enough support during the election campaign. It can't just be "the moaning man in the pub", she tells BBC One's Sunday Politics

  19. Vince Cable 'shocked'published at 13:41

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Mr Roberts, who knows Vince Cable, says of the loss of his seat.

    Quote Message

    He's fine, he's shocked naturally, but he'll bounce back, he's a fighter.... we didn't expect the Tories to win."

    Gareth Roberts, Lib Dem deputy leader, Richmond Council

  20. Lib Dem hitpublished at 13:40

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Did the Lib Dems lose out due to fear of a Labour SNP pact? Were they made scapegoats for what happened during the coalition? Gareth Roberts, Lib Dem deputy leader on Richmond Council tells The World This Weekend that the Conservative "fear of the Scots" campaign was not helpful to the Lib Dems.