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'David Cameron is to press ahead with plans to give the Scottish parliament greater tax-raising and law-making powers after he held "positive and constructive" talks with the first minister, Alex Salmond, in Edinburgh yesterday. The prime minister said that his government wanted a "fresh start" with Salmond's Scottish nationalist government in an attempt to rebuild trust in the Conservatives in Scotland and restore good relations between the Westminster and Holyrood parliaments.'
Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent in The Guardian, 15 th May 2010.

The Cabinet

The new Conservative & Unionist/Liberal Democrat coalition cabinet
Parliamentary copyright

A new Conservative & Unionist/Liberal Democrat coalition government was formed on the 11 th May 2010. On the 13 th of May it was announced that ministerial pay would be cut by 5% and frozen for the duration of the parliament.

David Laws MP (Lib Dem) resigned as Chief Secretary to the Treasury on the 29 th May 2010 after admitting he had claimed expenses to pay rent to his partner.
Danny Alexander MP (Lib Dem) replaced Mr Laws as Chief Secretary, while Michael Moore MP (Lib Dem) replaced Mr Alexander as Scottish Secretary.

Position	Name
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury & Minister for the Civil Service	Rt Hon David Cameron, MP
Deputy Prime Minister	Rt Hon Nick Clegg
First Secretary of State & Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs	Rt Hon William Hague, MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Rt Hon George Osborne, MP
Secretary of State for Defence	Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox, MP
Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice	Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke, MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department & Minister for Women and Equality	Rt Hon Theresa May, MP
Secretary of State for Health	Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP
Secretary of State for Education	Rt Hon Michael Gove, MP
Secretary of State for Work & Pensions	Rt Hon George Iain Duncan Smith, MP
Secretary of State of Communities & Local Government	Rt Hon Eric Pickles, MP
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media & Sport	Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, MP
Secretary of State for International Development	Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell, MP
Secretary of State for Wales	Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan, MP
Secretary of State for Transport	Rt Hon Philip Hammond, MP
Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs	Rt Hon Caroline Spelman, MP
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP
Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Lord Strathclyde, PC
Minister without Portfolio (Minister of State) (Unpaid)	Baroness Warsi, PC
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Rt Hon Daniel Alexander MP
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills	Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable, MP
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change	Rt Hon Chris Huhne, MP
Secretary of State for Scotland	Rt Hon Michael Moore, MP

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Prrime Minister David Cameron

Also attend Cabinet

The following people are not Cabinet Ministers but also attend cabinet meetings.

Position	Name
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General	Rt Hon Francis Maude, MP
Minister of State - Cabinet Office (providing policy advice to the Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office)	Rt Hon Oliver Letwin, MP
Minister of State (Universities & Science) - Department for Business, Innovation & Skills	David Willetts MP
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal	Rt Hon Sir George Young, Bt., MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)	Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin, MP
Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister

Also attend Cabinet when their responsibility is discussed

The following people are not Cabinet Ministers but also attend cabinet meetings.

Position	Name
Attorney General	Dominic Grieve

Salaries - May 2010

Westminster Salaries May 2010

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