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 Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, has given himself until the end of tomorrow to decide whether to let David Cameron form a government, or instead risk a deal with Labour that might be seen as illegitimate by the public and jeopardise the success of a yes vote in a referendum on electoral reform. 
 
 Clegg met Gordon Brown for an hour at the Foreign Office today and is understood to have set out his fear that a Lib-Lab coalition might be regarded as illegitimate even if Brown stood down as its leader. 
 
 Senior cabinet figures have told Brown in the last 48 hours that he should stand down and operate merely as a transitional figure for an unspecified period. 
 
 Brown is said to be willing to step aside in due course, with some cabinet hardliners saying he should quit before a referendum on electoral reform and that his presence would taint the outcome. 
 
 In these circumstances, the rules provide for the cabinet to choose a leader from within its ranks. No agreement exists as to the identity of this figure, but the likely options are Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, or foreign secretary David Miliband. Some cabinet ministers were privately urging the Lib Dems to call for Brown to go as a precondition of an agreement. 
 
 Cameron and Clegg met for 30 minutes in the Commons tonight – their second face to face meeting since the election. The meeting followed seven hours of talks between Lib Dem and Tory negotiating teams at the Cabinet Office to discuss the outlines of a common policy programme to deliver stable government. The negotiating teams agreed to meet again tomorrow. Cameron is understood to have told senior Tories that he would not be offering a referendum on electoral reform under his government, which would deny the Lib Dems one of their most cherished prizes. 
 
 So far Cameron has only offered a cross-party inquiry into electoral reform. 
 
 Neither side gave much away except to say they had discussed deficit reduction, climate change, civil liberties, political reform and bank regulation. The emphasis on deficit reduction is designed to calm the markets before trading opens tomorrow. 
 
 Clegg has been surprised by the Tories flexibility in the negotiations. Cameron has suggested reductions in the number of MPs, an elected House of Lords and a fixed-term parliament – all major concessions. 
 
 But Clegg still regards electoral reform as the main prize he can secure from the last Thursday's general election, which left his party holding the balance of power, albeit with a reduced number of MPs. 
 
 Instead of a working in a coalition, Clegg and Cameron could agree "confidence and supply" – a commitment by the Lib Dems to let a Tory budget and an agreed Queen's speech through. Clegg is also understood to believe that the coalition talks between his senior MPs and Conservative counterparts have only another 24 hours to run before the public will lose patience. 
 
 Clegg's team comprised the Lib Dem manifesto author, Danny Alexander, home affairs spokesman, Chris Huhne, the schools spokesman, David Laws, and the former chief whip Andrew Stunell. 
 
 The Tory team was the party's policy chief, Oliver Letwin, shadow chancellor, George Osborne, the shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, and Ed Llewellyn, Cameron's chief of staff. 
 
 Labour is trying to convince Clegg that his chances of electoral reform for the Commons are much greater under a Labour-organised referendum. 
 
 Brown, who returned to Downing Street from Scotland with his family today, has also promised that he would pass legislation on electoral reform almost immediately. There have also been Labour guarantees about caps on spending in the referendum. 
 
 In contrast, Cameron would not be able to back electoral reform even if he granted a referendum. Senior Tories such as Graham Brady, the right's candidate for chairmanship of the 1922 committee of backbenchers, said his instinct was for a Cameron minority government, partly due to his fear of electoral reform. 
 
 Many Tories see a proportional voting system as likely to exclude the Tories from government for generations, as well as destroying the cherished link between MPs and their constituencies. Speaking todaybefore talks resumed, Clegg said: "I'm very keen that the Liberal Democrats should play a constructive role at a time of great economic uncertainty to provide a good government this country deserves. Throughout that we will continue to be guided by the big changes we want – tax reform, improving education for all children, sorting out the banks and building a new economy from the rubble of the old, and extensive fundamental political reform." 
 
 He is also under serious internal political pressure, including from the former Lib Dem leader in the Lords Lady Williams, not to strike a full coalition deal with Cameron. She told the Guardian it is not in the Tory DNA to move properly in key areas. "I think it would be better for us to offer them confidence and supply and let them govern as minority government coupled with cross-party work in two areas: we need swift cross party action to bring down the deficit, and action on political reform." 
 
 It is known other very senior Lib Dem MPs and peers do not want Clegg to strike a deal with Cameron, saying he will have fulfilled his promise to the electorate to give the Conservative leader the first chance to form a government on the basis that he came first in seats and share of the vote. Simon Hughes, the Lib Dem energy spokesman said today: "I can't imagine that a review [on electoral reform] would be enough to be honest. We've been there before, we were there at the 1997 election … We had an inquiry, a referendum was promised, there wasn't a referendum."
– Britain's winner-less election has left both the Conservatives and the Labour Party furiously negotiating with and sucking up to Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrat party, with papers just as furiously live-blogging the comings and goings. Though they actually lost seats, the Liberal Dems have the power to determine who becomes prime minister. Clegg has given himself until the end of the day to strike a deal, the Guardian reports, because he's afraid the public will rebel if he waits longer. But other Liberal Democrat sources tell the Times that it might not come until Thursday. Clegg has promised to work with David Cameron first, because his Conservatives won the most seats, but Cameron has reportedly told Clegg that he won't bring a vote on electoral reform, the Liberal Dems' top priority. A Labour pairing would be more natural ideologically, and Clegg met with Gordon Brown yesterday. That'll amp up the pressure on Cameron, but many fear a Lib-Lab coalition would be seen as illegitimate, even if Gordon Brown steps down—which he's being pressured to do. Check out these liveblogs if you're dying for the latest who's-talking-to-whom drama.