Lib-Con: The Cabinet in full
Here is the full list of attendees at Britain’s first coalition government in living memory:
The Lib Dems have five seats in Cabinet – including Nick Clegg as deputy PM.
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Prime minister: David Cameron
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Deputy prime minister: Nick Clegg (LD)
First secretary of state and foreign secretary: William Hague
Chancellor of the exchequer: George Osborne
Lord chancellor and justice secretary: Ken Clarke
Home secretary and minister for women and equalities: Theresa May
Defence secretary: Liam Fox
Business secretary: Vince Cable (LD)
Work and pensions secretary: Iain Duncan Smith
Energy and climate change secretary: Chris Huhne (LD)
Health secretary: Andrew Lansley
Education secretary: Michael Gove
Communities and local government secretary: Eric Pickles
Transport secretary: Philip Hammond
Environment, food and rural affairs secretary: Caroline Spelman
International development secretary: Andrew Mitchell
Northern Ireland secretary: Owen Paterson
Scotland secretary: Danny Alexander (LD)
Wales secretary: Cheryl Gillan
Culture, media and sport secretary: Jeremy Hunt
Chief secretary to the Treasury: David Laws (LD)
Leader of the House of Lords: Lord Strathclyde
Ministers without portfolio: Baroness Warsi (unpaid)
Also attending Cabinet when required:
Attorney general: Dominic Grieve