"I was absolutely wrong about everything," says TV's Michael Portillo, who predicted that Ed Miliband would win the election. 

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UKIP's Nigel Farage and the party's only MP, Douglas Carswell share a joke together after a week of bitter infighting over who should lead the party.

Most recently Carswell wrote a piece in the Times urging Mr Farage to "take a break".

Responding to Mr Cameron's speech earlier, Dr Mark Porter from the British Medical Association (BMA) said: "Crucially, the £8bn promised by the prime minister is the bare minimum needed for the NHS to simply stand still and will not pay for extra services. 

"The real question for the government is how they plan to deliver additional care when the NHS is facing a funding gap of £30 billion and there is a chronic shortage of GPs and hospital doctors, especially in acute and emergency medicine, where access to 24-hour care is vital."

Here's a bit more from the Cameron speech earlier when he was pressed to explain where the extra doctors for seven-day working would be found given existing problems in recruiting GPs:

Unite boss Len McCluskey has denied his union is considering disaffiliating from the Labour party.

He said: "Some of the stuff the media writes is frankly daft.

"This idea that we're considering disaffiliating from the Labour Party is nonsense, we're not considering that at all."

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In other news the Ministry of Defence has begun an investigation into claims by a seaman, who published 30 alleged safety and security lapses on board Trident nuclear submarines.

Asked if the prime minister was concerned about the safety of the Trident nuclear submarines Mr Cameron's official spokesman said: "As with all defence equipment, they only operate where we believe the right standards are in place." 

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Natalie Bennett, the leader of the Green Party, and Amelia Womack, the party's deputy leader, have joined campaigners and politicians this morning to deliver a petition calling for reform of the electoral system.

Over one million people voted for the Green Party at the general election, which saw Green MP Caroline Lucas re-elected with an increased majority in Brighton Pavilion.

On savings, the prime minister's official spokesman said the government would continue to make difficult decisions to make savings in Whitehall but he refused to confirm speculation in the Financial Times of 100,000 job losses, external being prepared in Whitehall.

He said savings could be made by better procurement and IT services.

On the issue of the Speaker of the House of Commons, the prime minister's official spokesman declined to say if David Cameron would support the re-election of John Bercow as Speaker. He said: "It is a matter for the House."

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On Iraq, the Prime Minister's official spokesman indicated there would be no change in policy or extra support for the Iraqi govt following the fall of Ramadi. He said: "The approach we have in partnership with the international community is the one that we are going to continue with."

But he admitted the situation in Ramadi "points to the challenges the Iraqi government is facing". 

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UKIP's Nigel Farage said that the desire for change the voting system was "very great". He said that for 15 years he had wanted a change in the electoral system.

Critiquing the recent election, he said: "We've just been through the most negative election campaign. We were stuck in a well of negativity with 'who would form a coalition with who'."

On the forthcoming EU referendum, he added: