Cameron Sets to Work After Taking Power in Britain

LONDON — Britain’s Conservatives and their new partners, the center-left Liberal Democrats, turned to the job of building a new government on Wednesday morning, a day after they agreed to an alliance that swept the Labour Party out of power and formed Britain’s first coalition government since World War II.

David Cameron, the Conservative leader and new prime minister, and his newly appointed deputy prime minister, the Liberal Democratic leader Nick Clegg, were expected to appear together later Wednesday to hold their first joint news conference to address how they would govern Britain and tackle its huge deficit, national defense and a range of other issues.