Cameron and Clegg hold first press conference

The new Prime Minister David Cameron and his Deputy, Nick Clegg have held their first joint press conference.

Speaking in the Downing Street rose garden, Mr Cameron promised a "new politics" in which "the national interest is more important than the party interest".

"It will be administration united behind three key principles: freedom, fairness and repsonsibility," he told their first joint news conference.

"And it will be an administration united behind one key purpose and that is to give our country the strong and stable and determined leadership that we need for the long-term."

Prime Minister David Cameron declared that his new coalition with the Liberal Democrats would be united behind the "one key purpose" of giving the country strong and stable leadership for the long term.