Summary

  • Election ends in hung Parliament: Conservatives win 318 seats, Labour 262

  • PM confirms five top cabinet posts, including chancellor and foreign secretary

  • Tories to form government with DUP to 'provide certainty' and keep country 'safe'

  • Theresa May's government 'will carry on Brexit negotiations to existing timetable'

  • Jeremy Corbyn hails Labour's 'incredible result' and calls for May to resign

  • The Lib Dems' Tim Farron also calls on May to quit

  • SNP will work with others to keep 'reckless' Tories out 'if at all possible'

  • Paul Nuttall resigns as UKIP leader after the party won no seats

  1. Election catches investors off guardpublished at 07:03 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    Kamal Ahmed
    Economics editor

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    Uncertainty - we'll be hearing a lot more of that word over the next few days.

    Uncertainty over the form the next government will take.

    Uncertainty over the Brexit process and the country's approach to it, and our largest trading partner, the European Union.

    Uncertainty over the economic policies the country will follow - a Conservative-led or Labour-led mix which are very different propositions.

    And whether there might, ultimately, be another election.

    Read more from Kamal.

  2. Fife North East: SNP holdpublished at 07:02 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  3. 'Realignment of British politics'published at 06:58 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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    BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar says "it's anyone's guess" whether May will "quit the stage" or not.

    If she does "stick around", we will see changes in the way she runs the government, he adds.

    "We'll see the prime minister being pressed to listen much more carefully to the party at large, her Conservative MPs, the tribal elders of the 1922 committee," he says.

    As for Labour, the picture looks somewhat different.

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    The Labour party will be considering its future, which now looks so very different.

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    We have had a realignment of British politics overnight, and that's not overstating it.

  4. Ministers 'urging' May not to stand downpublished at 06:57 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  5. Two votes the difference in Fife NEpublished at 06:56 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    The SNP held onto the Fife North East seat by just two votes. Incumbent Stephen Gethins saw his majority cut from 4,344 by Lib Dem candidate Elizabeth Riches, following three recounts.

  6. Delay to Brexit talks?published at 06:55 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    The European Union's budget commissioner Guenther Oettinger says he's unsure whether Britain's Brexit negotiations could begin on time in light of the UK's hung parliament. He told Germany's Deutschlandfunk broadcaster a weak negotiating partner in Britain could result in a poor outcome.

  7. Stock market expected to open slightly higherpublished at 06:55 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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    The stock market opens at 8:00 GMT and shares are expected to rise slightly, largely because of the fall in the pound overnight, says Sue Noffke, a fund manager at Schroders.

    This is because profits earned abroad by multinationals listed on the FTSE 100 are worth more when converted back into sterling, she says.

    However, Ms Noffke adds that shares in companies with a more domestic focus - like retailers and utilities firms - could be volatile throughout the day.

  8. Sterling slips furtherpublished at 06:51 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    Chris Johnston
    Business reporter, BBC News

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    Currency trading is getting under way in London and the pound has fallen half a cent to put it down almost 2% at $1.2708, according to Reuters.

    The pound is also 1.7% weaker against the euro at 1.1352 euros.

  9. Is John Curtice on TV?published at 06:51 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    The TV appearances of the BBC polling guru Prof John Curtice have their own Twitter account. Prof Curtice is a regular feature on BBC election coverage but he has become a celebrity in his own right. @JohnCurticeonTV, external claims to tweet every time the professor appears, but at just eight tweets over election night, the account may be a little behind.

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  10. Theresa May will be 'a laughing stock' in Brexit talkspublished at 06:48 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  11. Strong Brexit leadership needed - CBIpublished at 06:43 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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    Carolyn Fairbairn, director general of the CBI, says the challenge of Brexit remains the same as it was yesterday: to get the best possible new partnership with the EU.

    "Finding a government who can lead us in to those negotiations has to be the top priority over the coming days."

  12. Latest predictions following the electionpublished at 06:43 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  13. CBI: Business will want a functioning government soonpublished at 06:43 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  14. Nine ministers unseatedpublished at 06:41 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    For those keeping an eye on the ministers who've lost their seats, the tally is now at nine:

    • Jane Ellison (Treasury)
    • Gavin Barwell (DCLG)
    • Rob Wilson (DCMS)
    • Ben Gummer (Cabinet Office)
    • James Wharton (DfID)
    • Nicola Blackwood (Health)
    • Simon Kirby (Treasury)
    • David Mowat (Health)
    • Edward Timpson (Education)
  15. Mamma mia...published at 06:41 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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  16. Former minister calls on Theresa May to resignpublished at 06:40 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    The former cabinet secretary Lord Turnbull has called on the prime minister to resign.

    He tells BBC's Radio 4's election programme:

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    She's made an absolute catastrophic mistake - two mistakes. One, she calls an election - a snap election - for which she's unprepared. Two, she runs it in a poor way and what is looking like an easy win, she turns into a minor defeat."

    When asked by BBC Radio 4's James Naughtie whether Theresa May should go, Lord Turnbull replies: "Absolutely."

  17. Pound still down but steadypublished at 06:37 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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    The pound fell sharply overnight but seems to have stabilised. A short while ago it was down 1.49% against the dollar at $1.27630.

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  18. Questions of momentum and relativitypublished at 06:37 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

    Analysis from BBC Scotland political editor Brian Taylor as Scottish declarations are announced.

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  19. Q&A: What happens if no-one wins the election?published at 06:36 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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    The Conservatives have lost their overall majority in Westminster, despite remaining the largest party. What happens if there is no clear winner of the general election?

    Will the party with the most MPs form the next government?

    Not necessarily. The party with the most MPs, when the votes have been counted in all 650 constituencies, is normally described as the winner and its leader nearly always goes on to become the next prime minister.

    But that might not happen this time if there is an inconclusive result. It is possible for the party that came second to form a government with the help of other parties.

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  20. 'Theresa May's election call was a total disaster'published at 06:34 British Summer Time 9 June 2017

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    The Conservatives have 309 seats, with Labour having 258.

    The BBC's David Dimbleby says there is "no way" the Conservatives can get the target 326 seats it needs to have a majority.

    "Theresa May having gone there to get certainty and stability for the years ahead has totally failed," David says.

    "She had a majority of 17 when this election was called a few weeks back - she now doesn't have a majority at all. So from her point of view, it was a total disaster - it was a call she made, and it fell flat."