‘Kingmaker’ Clegg becomes Cameron’s deputy

Liberal Democrat leader and “kingmaker” Nick Clegg will become Deputy Prime Minister and join four of his MPs in the UK’s first coalition Cabinet for 65 years.

Liberal Democrat leader and “kingmaker” Nick Clegg will become Deputy Prime Minister and join four of his MPs in the UK’s first coalition Cabinet for 65 years.

George Osborne will also be Chancellor of the Exchequer and William Hague Foreign Secretary in the new Conservative/Lib Dem administration, Downing Street confirmed.

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