The details behind the Clegg-Cameron double act
The agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats is out, and you can read it .
Nick Clegg and David Cameron have just returned inside Number 10 after staging their first in the Downing Street garden.
Political anoraks will now be poring through the detail of the document. It confirms that the next general election should be held on the first Thursday in 2015 - the same day Wales and Scotland goes to the polls.
It supports a referendum on further devolution to Wales and talks about creating "fewer and smaller constituencies". The Lib Dems have previously suggested that the 40 Welsh seats be cut to 28 if the Welsh referendum agrees to further devolution. I wonder if Liberal Democrats in mid Wales will go for that.
There will be a commission on the "West Lothian Question" rather than the immediate introduction of English votes for English laws.
I can't see any reference to the way funding for the devolved adminstrations is decided, despite grumblings from both parties about the Barnett formula.
There's no obvious reference to merging the Wales and Scotland Offices, which has been Liberal Democrat policy.
Indeed, as a programme for UK government there's only one reference to Wales in the document, as others may point out before close of play.
Hello. I'm David Cornock and I'm parliamentary correspondent for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Wales. This is the blog for the latest news and gossip from the Westminster village - with a Welsh accent.
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