DAVID CAMERON and Nick Clegg insisted their coalition will continue, despite the humiliation handed out to Liberal Democrats in the local elections and the referendum on voting reform.

Proposals to change the way MPs are elected were decisively rejected by voters in a referendum across the UK today.

Sweeping reforms to parliamentary constituencies in Britain will be introduced alongside moves to change the voting system, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced today.

Tory leader David Cameron and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg held face-to-face talks tonight as they continued their attempts to thrash out a power-sharing deal.