David Cameron becomes UK’s youngest prime minister in 200 years

Gordon Brown has resigned making David Cameron the UK’s new prime minister.

The Conservative party secured the most seats last week during general elections, but not enough to win the overall Commons majority. The result was a hung Parliament, the first Britain has seen in decades.

After hours of coalitions talks, the Lib Dems and the Tories reached an agreement that put Mr Cameron in the top spot with Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has his deputy. This marks the first time in 70 years that the UK has had a coalition government.

Mr Clegg gave a statement acknowledging his party members’ concerns over the conjoined government, but urged his supporters to ‘keep faith’. Mr Cameron, 43, is the youngest prime minister to be elected in almost 200 years. In a statement, the newly elected prime minister said he would set aside ‘party politics’ to govern with the national interest in mind.

At a midnight meeting, following hours of deliberations with the Tories on Tuesday, Lib Dems endorsed a coalition agreement with the three-quarters majority required to approve the new government. Mr Clegg addressed the public minutes later saying that the new government could be the start of ‘new politics’ that are diverse and plural in nature.

The arrival of the Tories-Lib Dem coalition government has ended Labour’s 13-year rule in Parliament. Mr Cameron has already begun to assemble is cabinet.So far George Osborne has been appointed chancellor, William Hague was made foreign secretary and Liam Fox has been appointed to defence secretary.

According to an insider on Downing Street, the agreement for the coalition calls for five of the cabinet posts to be Liberal Democrat party members. This includes Mr Clegg’s appointment as deputy.