Labour gain control of Hammersmith and Fulham

As the overnight results from the local elections continue to come in, Labour are making gains in London - taking control of Hammersmith and Fulham and Merton councils.

BBC London's political correspondent Karl Mercer spoke to Steven Cowan from the Labour group in Hammersmith and Fulham; Mike Fisher, Conservative in Croydon; Labour leader Ed Miliband, Grant Shapps MP, Conservative Party Chairman; London Mayor Boris Johnson; Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes, and Dorothy Thornhill, Liberal Democrat mayor of Watford.