The Cabinet of the new government held its first meeting this morning.
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg opened the meeting by emphasising their commitment to working together and highlighting the strong shared agenda.
The full list of those attending is below.
New Chancellor George Osborne updated ministers on the economy, stressing the priorities of tackling the deficit, and demonstrating that the UK was "open for business". He added that he would be working closely with Business Secretary Vince Cable on banking reform.
There were discussions on foreign policy, including the situation in Afghanistan, and the parliamentary timetable. The meeting ended with the Cabinet agreeing to a five percent pay cut for all ministers and a ministerial pay freeze for the lifetime of the Parliament.
The new Cabinet is comprised of the following people:
- Prime Minister - David Cameron
- Deputy Prime Minister - Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)
- Foreign Secretary - William Hague
- Chancellor - George Osborne
- Home Secretary and Minister for Women & Equality - Theresa May
- Defence Secretary - Liam Fox
- Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice - Ken Clarke
- Health Secretary - Andrew Lansley
- Education Secretary - Michael Gove
- Business Secretary - Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat)
- Work & Pensions - Iain Duncan Smith
- Energy & Climate Change - Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat)
- Chief Secretary to the Treasury - David Laws (Liberal Democrat)
- Scottish Secretary - Danny Alexander (Liberal Democrat)
- Chief Whip - Patrick McCloughlin
- Communities and Local Government Secretary - Eric Pickles
- Attorney General - Dominic Grieve
- Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport - Jeremy Hunt
- Conservative Co-Chairman - Baroness Warsi
- Environment - Caroline Spelman
- International Development - Andrew Mitchell
- Transport - Philip Hammond
- Northern Ireland - Owen Paterson
- Wales - Cheryl Gillan
- Leader of the Lords - Lord Strathclyde
- Leader of the Commons - Sir George Young
- Cabinet Office Minister - Francis Maude
- Minister of State at Cabinet Office, Policy - Oliver Letwin
- Universities and Science - David Willetts
- Solicitor General - Edward Garnier