The coalition cabinet: announcements and rumours

FINAL UPDATE: As fun as this was on Tuesday evening, you can keep up with the latest over at the Guardian or ConservativeHome.

These are the rumours/announcements for the cabinet as they come in.

UPDATE 22:00 Rumours that the “Two Theresas” May and Villiers have been ousted from Work and Pensions and Transport, respectively. Where are the women going to come from?

UPDATE 22:35 Michael Gove has long been known to covet the Home Office. With David Laws taking over his former shadow role with the schools brief, does this clear the path to Marsham Street?

UPDATE 22:45 Journalists have been briefed that most departments will have a Liberal Democrat minister.

UPDATE 22:55 Fraser Nelson tweets: “Four other LibDems in Cabinet. Five year deal, election planned for 2015. No word on St Vince”. Interesting contradiction on Cable compared to NOTW.

UPDATE 23:05 Laura Kuenssberg suggests Chris Huhne for Home Office. So where for Gove?

UPDATE 23:10 Four Lib Dems in cabinet will be Vince Cable (mixed reports), Danny Alexander (Scotland), David Laws (Schools), Chris Huhne (rumour of Home Office).

UPDATE 23:45 Rumour of Michael Howard (back) to Justice. Did people vote Liberal Democrat for “prison works” part deux?

UPDATE 23:55 James Macintyre suggests Vince Cable for Business. Is Ken Clarke out?

UPDATE 12:05 Fraser Nelson reports Gove move has not been confirmed. Labourites have already spotted a 2008 Cameron promise for 1/3 women ministers. Current total = zero.

UPDATE 12:15 The Liberal Democrat Federal Executive have now endorsed the programme for government.

• Prime Minister: David Cameron
• Deputy Prime Minister: Nick Clegg
• Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne
• Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Vince Cable (according to NOTW, Fraser Nelson unsure)
• Foreign Secretary: William Hague
• Health Secretary: Andrew Lansley
• Schools Secretary: David Laws (was Michael Gove)
• Defence: Liam Fox (contrary to previous rumours about Ashdown)
• Work and Pensions Secretary: Phillip Hammond (was Theresa May)
• Secretary of State for Scotland: Danny Alexander

And staff appointments:

• Henry MacRory has been given “Number 10 press job” according to NOTW. What exactly this means is unclear. The Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman is still HMT communications director Steve Field, for the time being at least.
• Andy Coulson (role?)
• Gabby Bertin (role?)

You can also expect a clutch of people from his previous private office, such as Edward Llewellyn (Chief of Staff), Catherine Fall (Deputy Chief of Staff), Kate Marley (Diary Secretary), Caroline Preston and Andrew Sendorek (press officers) etc.

Play nicely, boys. And no arguments!