THE INDEPENDENT: Liberal Democrat negotiators were this afternoon returning to discussions with Conservatives after spending the morning locked in talks with Labour over a possible coalition deal, it was announced today.
It was revealed that Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg this morning met David Cameron privately for an hour while the Lib Dem/Labour discussions were under way.
Labour's Ed Miliband described this morning's meeting, which lasted almost three hours, as "constructive", but reports in Westminster suggested the Lib Dems remain cautious about a pact.
A Lib Dem spokesman said that the party would resume talks with Conservatives at 2pm at the Cabinet Office in Whitehall.
Shadow foreign secretary William Hague put out a message on Twitter to say: "Will be returning to the Cabinet Office shortly to resume negotiations with the Liberal Democrats."
Tories yesterday made what they described as their "final offer" to the Lib Dems, under which the parties would make a formal coalition with a referendum on the alternative vote system for Westminster elections. >>> Daniel Bentley and Joe Sinclair, PA | Tuesday, May 11, 2010
