UK Conservatives and Liberal Democrats enter fresh talks on power-sharing deal

LONDON – LONDON (AP) — Senior party leaders from Britain's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are in talks about whether the two parties can work together to form a new government after an election that failed to produce a clear winner.

Negotiating teams from the first-place Conservatives and third-place Liberal Democrats are meeting at central London's Cabinet Office. The negotiations are likely to stretch on throughout Sunday.

David Cameron's Conservatives won 306 seats in the House of Commons in the national election Thursday, but they need 20 more to gain a majority. They are hoping to reach a deal with the Liberal Democrats, who have 57 legislators elected.

Conservative leaders said Sunday the parties aim to "provide the country with a new stable and legitimate government as soon as possible."