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

  1. The Daily Telegraph cartoonpublished at 06:29 British Summer Time 12 May 2015

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  2. Good morningpublished at 06:20

    After a hectic day pulling together his new cabinet - the first all-Conservative outfit in 18 years - David Cameron will hold the inaugural meeting this morning. Politics Live will bring you news of that and any other developments throughout the day. It's Victoria King and Aiden James with you this morning.