Brown resigns, Lib Dems and Tories progress towards deal

Minutes after Gordon Brown left Downing Street after announcing his immediate resignation, a few hundred yards away talks ended between Liberal Democrat and Tory negotiators on a future British government.

Minutes after Gordon Brown left Downing Street tonight after announcing his immediate resignation, a few hundred yards away talks ended between Liberal Democrat and Tory negotiators on a future British government.

Shadow foreign secretary William Hague said: “We now have some recommendations to take back to David Cameron and our parliamentary colleagues.”