Election results 2017: Theresa May - DUP government 'to continue with Brexit'

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

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Plaid could kill off Lib Dems in Walespublished at 06:33 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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'Cannot see how Theresa May can survive this'published at 06:22 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Brighton Pavilion: Green holdpublished at 06:20 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
DUP and Sinn Féin celebrate election gainspublished at 06:18 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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The SDLP and the UUP were the big losers on election night after losing all their MPs. Read more.
Citi expects May to gopublished at 06:17 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Analysts at global bank Citi say they expect Theresa May to resign today as prime minister.
They say that the hung Parliament makes both a “soft” Brexit (staying in the single market) and a chaotic Brexit (no deal) more likely than before.
Basingstoke: Conservative holdpublished at 06:16 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Hampshire North East: Conservative holdpublished at 06:16 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Osborne - hard Brexit is in the rubbish binpublished at 06:16 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Former Tory Chancellor George Osborne reckons: "Hard Brexit went in the rubbish bin tonight."
He tells ITV News: "Theresa May is probably going to be one of the shortest serving prime ministers in our history."
Just catching up? Here's how the night wentpublished at 06:15 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
If you're just waking up, here's what you missed.
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'Theresa May's survival in doubt'published at 06:14 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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We've suddenly become very important - DUPpublished at 06:13 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Hung Parliament 'is result markets feared', City firm sayspublished at 06:12 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Orkney & Shetland: Liberal Democrat holdpublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Dumfries & Galloway: Conservative gain from SNPpublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Caroline Lucas retains her seat comfortablypublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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Green co-leader Caroline Lucas retains her Brighton Pavilion seat comfortably, with more than 30,000 votes.
Lucas wins for Greenspublished at 06:10 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Profile: Which SNP politicians lost?published at 06:07 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
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The SNP faces a difficult night in Scotland, losing a number of significant and long-serving MPs. Who didn't make it back? Read the list here.
Wansbeck: Labour holdpublished at 06:07 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Worthing East & Shoreham: Conservative holdpublished at 06:07 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Lib Dems gain Oxford West and Abingdonpublished at 06:06 British Summer Time 9 June 2017
Layla Moran overturns a majority of almost 10,000 votes to take the seat from the Conservatives.
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