On the road againpublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 12 May 2015
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Summary
David Cameron appoints new junior ministers before holding first cabinet meeting
He says measures to extend free childcare and lower the benefits cap will be in the first Queen's Speech
Chuka Umunna says he will run for the Labour leadership
Nigel Farage says his reinstatement as UKIP leader is "the right thing for the party"
Would-be Lib Dem leader Norman Lamb says his party has learned an "extremely painful" lesson from the tuition fees U-turn
On the road againpublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 12 May 2015
Just when you thought we'd had them all...published at 10:44
BreakingTracey Crouch becomes the new Minister for Sport, David Cameron announces.
'Divided by a common Parliament'published at 10:42
BBC Radio 4BBC Scotland correspondent Laura Bicker tells Woman's Hour that the arrival of so many SNP MPs at Westminster could be a sign of "two nations divided by a common Parliament".
She thinks the SNP will employ a "gradual" and"conciliatory" approach in the House of Commons.
Reshuffled?published at 10:40 British Summer Time 12 May 2015
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Gay marriage questionpublished at 10:35
Image source, PACaroline Dinenage is the new minister for equalities at the Department for Education. Interestingly, like her boss, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan - pictured above - she voted against gay marriage in 2013. Ms Morgan has since said she's changed her mind on the issue. No doubt, Ms Dinenage will be asked about her views on the matter in the weeks to come.
About the Lib Dem leadership contestpublished at 10:34
Image source, PAImage caption, Tim Farron voted against the tuition fees increase
The Liberal Democrats have set in motion a two-month contest to succeed Nick Clegg after they said a new leader would be elected in July.
Former health minister Norman Lamb has declared his intention to run.
The party's former president, Tim Farron, is also seen as one of the frontrunners to become leader. He rebelled against his party to vote against an increase in tuition fees.
Nominations for leader will open on 13 May and close on 3 June. Ballot papers will be sent out on 24 June and must be returned by 15 July. The winner will be declared on 16 July.
Coming up at 12:00 BSTpublished at 10:28 British Summer Time 12 May 2015
'Blast out' of the pastpublished at 10:23
BBC Radio 4Liz Kendall says Labour "can win again" if it offers something new.
Quote MessageWe have got to blast out of these old debates about Blairite, Brownite, old Labour, New Labour and create something new."
Labour like a 'moaning man in the pub'published at 10:19
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Image source, PALabour leadership contender Liz Kendall - pictured on the campaign trail with Ed Miliband - is on Woman's Hour. She says she thought her party's election campaign sometimes sounded like a "moaning man in the pub".
Asked if she knew back in January that the Labour campaign was "going wrong", she answers: "I did."
Many voters who were undecided on the doorstep remained undecided, she argues.
People "want a decent wage, they want a good home" and Labour did not address this sufficiently, she adds.
Quote MessageClaiming we can solve everybody's problem from Whitehall just won't work, and people know that."
They keep on coming...published at 10:10
BreakingJohn Penrose is to be Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office.
Damian Hinds is to be Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.
More Stewart reactionpublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 12 May 2015
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Government's 'to-do list'published at 10:05
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"This is a government that has got on its to-do list a whole load of constitutional issues," including relations with the EU and more powers for Scotland, assistant political editor Norman Smith tells the BBC News Channel.
He ventures that these are matters which, "frankly, most people don't care much about.
"They care about jobs, pay, taxes."
The Conservatives had vowed to try to scrap the Human Rights Act, but Norman suggests that might slip down the priority list - he thinks David Cameron might even back off altogether from "another constitutional wrangle in Europe", over the Act, when he's got the much bigger EU referendum fish to fry.
More facespublished at 10:04
Two more for your I Spy book of MPs - Caroline Dinenage and Mark Lancaster, elected in 2010 and 2005 respectively.
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Image source, ReutersAnother twopublished at 09:57
BreakingCaroline Dinenage will be the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice and will be also Minister for Equalities at the Department for Education.
Mark Lancaster is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans.
Reactions to Rory Stewart appointmentpublished at 09:55 British Summer Time 12 May 2015
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Boris on 'our salvation'published at 09:54
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Image source, LBCMore from Boris Johnson on LBC radio, who says "everybody knows what I think" on the expansion of Heathrow.
Quote MessageIt's frankly for others to man up, to get some cojones and actually say what they think should happen. The truth is that Heathrow is just undeliverable and the sooner we face that, the sooner our salvation will come."
Northern Ireland ministerpublished at 09:50
BreakingBen Wallace becomes the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office.
Pressing the fleshpublished at 09:46
As the government takes shape here in London, George Osborne is attempting to win friends - or at least, influence people - over in Brussels.
From the top, this is him talking to the finance ministers from Germany, Holland and Spain - Wolfgang Schäuble, Jeroen Dijsselbloem and Luis de Guindos Jurado.
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Image source, ReutersNew transport ministerpublished at 09:45
BreakingAndrew Jones is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport.
'Northern powerhouse' ministerpublished at 09:42
BreakingJames Wharton, the Conservative MP for Stockton South, is the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government - with a "Northern Powerhouse" brief.