General election 2010: The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats negotiate

The Conservative leader, David Cameron, returns to his home in west London after getting the newspapers Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl Court/guardian.co.uk The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, prepares to speak to the media outside his London home Photograph: Sang Tan/AP Photograph: Sang Tan/guardian.co.uk The Liberal Democrat shadow home secretary, Chris Huhne, arrives at the Cabinet Office to hold talks with a team of senior figures from the Conservatives Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Cameron and his wife, Samantha, arrive for a church service at Kensington, in London Photograph: Tim Ireland/Getty Images Photograph: Tim Ireland/guardian.co.uk Clegg – with a newspaper's chicken character looking on – speaks to the media Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk William Hague, the Conservative shadow foreign secretary, and George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, arrive at the Cabinet Office to hold talks with the Liberal Democrats Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/guardian.co.uk William Hague and George Osborne make their way into the Cabinet Office Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Conservative party talks team, led by William Hague, arrives at the Cabinet Office Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk The Liberal Democrat education spokesman, David Laws (right), and Andrew Stunell arrive at the Cabinet Office Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk The former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown leaves Clegg's London home Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Gordon Brown and his wife, Sarah, walk to church in North Queensferry, Scotland Photograph: David Moir/Reuters Photograph: David Moir/guardian.co.uk Brown and his wife leave church in North Queensferry, Scotland Photograph: David Moir/Reuters Photograph: David Moir/guardian.co.uk The Conservative party leader, David Cameron, leaves his home in west London Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Photograph: Toby Melville/guardian.co.uk Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, leaves his home as Lib Dems and the Conservatives talk about a possible deal Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photograph: Dan Kitwood/guardian.co.uk Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his car as he arrives at Downing Street Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, arrives for a meeting with Gordon Brown in Downing Street Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk The prime minister's spokesman Simon Lewis arrives for a meeting with Gordon Brown at No 10 Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian Photograph: guardian.co.uk Harriet Harman arrives at the rear entrance of Downing Street Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Photograph: Matt Cardy/guardian.co.uk