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More future cabinet ministers are beginning to arrive now, with Shabana Mahmood, John Healey and Wes Streeting having just walked through the black No 10 door.

If they continue to hold their shadow cabinet positions, we're likely looking at the new justice, defence and health secretaries.

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The likely future chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has just arrived to see the prime minister.

While there are no guarantees she becomes Keir Starmer's new neighbour in Downing Street, it would be quite the turn of events if she was not given the keys to the Treasury.

Pat McFadden, one of Keir Starmer's staunchest allies and key architects of the Labour campaign, arrived just ahead of her.

He's the second senior Labour politician to visit Starmer in his new home, which says a lot about his significance to the new prime minister.

But it is not clear what role in cabinet he is due to be given.

"We’ll have to wait and see," McFadden grins as our political correspondent Harry Farley tries to ask him which job he’s going to get in the cabinet.

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Farage continues, after a bumpy start, telling the audience that the vote shows no "enthusiasm" for Starmer's Labour Party.

He says it was "interesting" to watch Starmer's first prime ministerial address, saying the Labour leader looked down at his notes "over 150 times".

Farage says the people with him do not need a "script" as they "know what they believe in".

Farage begins by saying he had two very clear objectives when he returned to frontline politics.

The first was to "get millions of votes" and the second was to "establish a bridgehead in parliament”

He says that a recount is taking place in James Murdoch's constituency and hopes there will ultimately be five Reform MPs

He says the first past the post electoral system “is not fit for purpose” and he will work with any other party to reform it.

As Reform UK leader Nigel Farage tries to start his speech several hecklers are removed from the venue.

"Boring!" the Reform leader calls out.

And he adds it's "good preparation" for the House of Commons.

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We're now going to hear from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who is speaking alongside the party's three other newly-minted MPs.

He's greeted by hecklers at the event, with the news conference off to a chaotic start.

We'll bring you what he has to say and you can watch live at the top of this page.

Angela Rayner has just been filmed walking up Downing Street ahead of the announcement of Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet.

She is the first Labour MP to arrive at Downing Street today and is expected to be confirmed as deputy prime minister.

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We're expecting to hear from the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, shortly who will set out "the next steps for our political revolt".

Farage has been elected as the MP for Clacton, one of four seats in the Commons Reform won. In total, over 4 million people voted for Reform UK.

He'll be joined by fellow new Reform MPs Richard Tice, Lee Anderson and Rupert Lowe, as the party lay out their plans and respond to last night's results.

You can watch the press conference from 14:30 BST by pressing watch live at the top of this page.

Faisal Islam
Economics editor

Rachel Reeves said she was inheriting a depleted economy from the Conservatives that would create a “challenge” for the new Labour government.

“There’s not a huge amount of money there,” Reeves told the BBC. “I know the scale of the challenge I inherit.”

Reeves, who will be formally appointed chancellor on Friday afternoon, having shadowed the role in opposition, said she would lean on the private sector to cover the shortfall.

“Private-sector investment is the lifeblood of a successful economy. We need to unlock private-sector investment,” she said.

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The handover of power in British politics is brutally fast, with just hours between Rishi Sunak resigning and Keir Starmer being invited to form a government.

Both had private meetings with the King, were joined by their spouses to thank supporters and shared some words standing outside the iconic Number 10 doors.

One walked out of Downing Street for the final time, while the other's time there has only just begun.

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Jessica Lane
BBC Look North, reporting from Northallerton

In Northallerton the high street has been sunny and busy today.

The word on the street here is that Rishi Sunak done a lot for the area, especially for local farmers. He's also seen at community events.

Sheila Grant told me "he comes to the Christmas fair which is nice, rather than someone who's just down in London".

Doreen Hill said the former prime minister has done a "damn good job".

Les Hutchinson says he's thinks Sunak is a "good chap" but that the Conservative Party lost the trust of the nation because they've "shot themselves in the foot too many times".

Some people here have sympathy with Reform's policies on immigration, but ultimately its local issues many are bothered about and which they think Sunak will now be able to focus on.

While Labour has won a resounding majority, there'll be no final result in the election today.

That's because there will be a recount in the Highlands on Saturday morning in the constituency of Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire.

James FitzGerald
Live reporter

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Just tucking into lunch? Make sure to tuck into this recap, too, after a whirlwind morning of politics.

• New Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has swapped places in 10 Downing Street with Rishi Sunak, after Labour thrashed the Conservatives at the polls
• The transfer of power began with Sunak giving a speech in which he took responsibility for the Tories' worst electoral performance in modern times. He then went to deliver his resignation to the King
• He was followed at Buckingham Palace by Starmer, who was officially invited by the monarch to form a new government, before greeting a crowd of supporters in Downing Street. "The work of change begins immediately," he told the nation in his debut speech
• Labour won a bucketful of seats that rivals the all-time best it achieved under Tony Blair in 1997. With all but two constituencies now counted, it has 412 MPs
• Tory recriminations are under way after multiple big names fell victim to the electoral rout, including former PM Liz Truss, who lost her seat less than two years after serving as prime minister
• Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK and the Greens have each achieved their best-ever showings at the polls - respectively managing 71, four, and four Westminster seats. The SNP suffered a bruising night in Scotland, mustering only nine seats at the latest count, compared with 48 in 2019

What direction will the Conservatives now take?published at 13:33 BST 5 July 2024

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Ione Wells
Political correspondent

Suella Braverman and Kemi Badenoch have lost a couple of their key allies on the right of the parliamentary party. A couple of Tom Tugendhat’s former backers are gone too.

Why do the leanings of the remaining MPs matter?

Well, partly because this will determine how the Tory party decides to shape itself going forward. Does it decide to elect someone to the right of the party, like Badenoch, Jenrick or Braverman, to try stave off the growing influence from Reform UK who have now won several seats?

Or does it try shift back toward the centre ground with a candidate like Tugendhat to reclaim some of the space Labour is now trying to occupy on the political spectrum?

The battle to become the new Tory leader has already begunpublished at 13:29 BST 5 July 2024

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Ione Wells
Political correspondent

Rishi Sunak has said he will stay on until everything is in place to select the next Conservative leader.

There are a couple of Tories who have been working on shoring up support behind the scenes for quite some time - including Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat. Former contenders like Suella Braverman are expected to run, too, as well as the former Sunak ally-turned-critic Robert Jenrick.

One interesting thing to note, though, is who the remaining Tory MPs are, and what that might mean for who gets support among the parliamentary party.

I had a quick skim over the new intake of Tory MPs and who they backed in the first Tory leadership race of July-September 2022.

Interestingly, the majority are Sunak-backers, with a hefty chunk of Liz Truss supporters too.

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Labour has won a big majority in the general election. That means it should be able to pass the new laws it wants easily. But what are those likely to be?

During the election campaign, Labour released a manifesto - a list of pledges explaining to voters what it would do if elected.

Here are some of Labour's top priorities:

• Provide economic stability with clear rules on tax and spending, including no increases to existing income tax rates, National Insurance or VAT
• Cut NHS waiting times with 40,000 more appointments a week by paying staff more to work weekends and evenings
• Create a Border Security Command with counter-terror style powers to stop trafficking gangs and people smuggling
• Set up Great British Energy, a publicly owned clean energy firm, to create jobs, cut bills and invest in clean energy
• Tackle antisocial behaviour with 13,000 more police and community support officers on the beat in England and Wales
• Recruit 6,500 more teachers and introduce free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England

You can use our interactive guide to find out what the party said it would do on key issues that interest you in more detail.

Sir Keir Starmer has just given his first speech as prime minister. Here's a quick recap:

• "The work of change begins immediately," he told the nation from a lectern on Downing Street, though he acknowledged this would not be as simple as "flicking a switch"
• Citing the need for schools and affordable homes, Starmer vowed to "rebuild" the country's "infrastructure of opportunity", doing so "brick by brick"
• He vowed a "government of service" and spoke of the need for a national "reset"
• The new PM made sure to highlight the "challenges of an insecure world"
• Sir Keir's debut appearance on Downing Street comes after he was officially asked by the King to form a new government. He led Labour to a landslide election win following a collapse in the Tory vote
• He also saluted the work of his predecessor Rishi Sunak as the first British Asian PM

As he arrived at Downing Street for his first speech as prime minister, a grinning Keir Starmer shook hands with some of his supporters.

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Sir Keir Starmer poses briefly for photos outside No 10 with his wife Victoria.

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Finishing his speech as prime minister, Starmer says the four nations of the UK are "standing together again facing down as we have in the past the challenges of an insecure world".

Starmer says his government is committed to a "calm and patient rebuilding".

"With respect and humility, I invite you all to join this govt of service in the mission of national renewal.

"Our work is urgent and we begin it today."

Starmer concludes his speech by saying thank you and he turns round to greet people behind him and then walking into 10 Downing Street.