PoliticsHome political editor reports Iain McNicol, the former Labour Party general secretary, has called for a change in leadership to challenge the new government.

Baroness Sal Brinton, the co-interim leader of the Lib Dems with deputy leader Ed Davey, says it was a "disappointing night" for the party.

Just to recap, Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson earlier lost her seat in Dunbartonshire East, and the party has taken 11 seats, one fewer than at the 2017 election.

Baroness Brinton says "the voices of nationalism and populism both north and south of the border beat both her [Ms Swinson] in her seat and nationally as well."

She says there are some "nuggets of gold" the party can take from the election, such as increasing its share of the vote by 4.2% and getting "some good new MPs".

She adds "all is not lost", pledging the party's MPs will "continue to fight, if not for our place in Europe, then for the best deal possible".

Chris Mason
Political Correspondent

"The People's Government."

Boris Johnson does like a three-word slogan.

No wonder. The last two have been spectacularly successful.

"Take back control" was the winning mantra in the 2016 EU referendum.

"Get Brexit done" the winning mantra in this general election.

Now, the prime minister holds his victory rally in front of another: "The People's Government."

James Cleverly, the Chairman of the Conservative Party, is sitting opposite me in the 5 Live studio.

He tells us Brexit is "binary" and will now happen - but acknowledges what comes next in terms of the future relationship is not.

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The Conservatives have gained Leigh in Greater Manchester - a seat held by Labour for almost 100 years.

BBC Radio 5 Live reporter Nick Garnett has been speaking to people at the town's bus station as they head to work.

Bev says she is “shocked and flabbergasted” that the seat has gone Conservative – “especially with the way Leigh is at the moment... it's not good. Predominantly, it was an old mining town so that's never changed, but everything is run down... everything is a second hand shop, there are people lying in doorways.”

Robert says he was told to vote Labour, “to save our NHS”.

Paul didn’t vote but isn’t surprised at the result: “It is all about Brexit isn’t it?

"Over the years they’ve been stalling because Parliament didn't want Brexit and you got the feeling that Labour in the same way have been stalling... because most of the party is Remainers...

"Even though Boris Johnson is not the best choice, he was the only one who's promising to go ahead with Brexit."

Debbie voted Conservative: “To be honest I didn’t think Jeremy Corbyn could do what he said he do. So, fingers crossed, we do Brexit now.

Is it about Brexit or Jeremy Corbyn? "Just a bit both really," Debbie says, "they all say they’re going to do something and nothing ever happens... So fingers crossed they get it done this time."

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A bit more from Michael Gove's speech earlier, when he thanked Britain's Jews, promising them they would never have to "live in fear" again, following reports of anti-Semitism in the Labour party.

He told the victory rally in Westminster: "I also want to say something to a very special group of British people, our Jewish friends and neighbours.

"You have had to live in fear for months now. Concerned that we would have a prime minister who trafficked in anti-Jewish rhetoric and embraced anti-Jewish terrorists."

Mr Corbyn previously said anti-Jewish racism was "vile and wrong" and would not be tolerated in any form under a future Labour government.

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"There wouldn't have been a Conservative party led by Boris Johnson if the Brexit Party hadn't existed," says Claire Fox, Brexit Party MEP for North West England.

"The humiliation of the Tories in the European elections, the emergence of a new party - called the Brexit Party - that represented Leave voters, forced the Tory Party to reconsider the fact that they'd stuck with [Theresa] May and become very Brexity. And, if you remember, that's how Boris Johnson took over the Tory Party," she says.

She adds: "The Labour Party can no longer represent the working class. Those working class voters who've moved over to the Tory Party, by the way, haven't all become Tories overnight, they're simply reasserting their agency as they did three and a half years ago."

Chris Mason
Political Correspondent

The Labour inquest starts now.

I'm typing this from the 5 Live studio in Westminster.

What I am listening to on the radio this morning is just what so many in the party, at every level, have been saying in private during this election campaign.

When I was following Jeremy Corbyn last week, Labour members - members loyal enough to turn out to greet Mr Corbyn visiting their patches - would volunteer to me privately that their leader was bombing on so, so many doorsteps.

They were right - he did.

And now - after a fourth general election defeat in a row - the party faces big questions.

Everything that matters in the Labour Party has shifted to the left.

But I think we can probably expect a generational and geographical shift in who comes next - someone much less associated with London and with a lot less historical baggage, which Mr Corbyn struggled to escape.

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Labour's James Frith, who lost his Bury North seat by 105 votes to the Conservatives, says the election result reflects a "problem with leadership" and a "refusal to listen enough" to what voters wanted.

"Ed Miliband was an issue of the doorstep, no one told him. Jeremy Corbyn is an issue on the the doorstep, lots of people told him. We just seem to be refusing that in some of the broadcast responses," he says.

"Ultimately, the suggestion that somehow Jeremy Corbyn wasn't an issue on the doorstep, that this was entirely about Brexit, is mythical."

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Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell insists he won't be taking over as Labour's interim leader and says he is "heartbroken" at the election result, which he blames on Brexit.

Asked if he'd take on the leadership temporarily, he says: "No, no, no, no. There will be further announcements. Jeremy has said he won't lead the party into the next election, so at some stage we'll go into a leadership election, and Jeremy and the National Executive Committee will determine that timetable. Jeremy wants to ensure there is a period of reflection."

He says he realises the "future looks bleak" but says the party would "build on this", adding that Labour had tried to have policies of principle that brought the country back together.

As for Labour activists, he says: "I know they're heartbroken, I know that, so am I... they worked incredibly hard, [and were] incredibly dedicated, we have setbacks like this in our movement, but it isn't down to them... Brexit was the issue for us."

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The results are in! It's been a brilliant night for Boris Johnson and the Tories and a terrible one for Jeremy Corbyn and Labour.

Electioncast's Adam Fleming has been up all night watching the thrills and spills from BBC HQ - listen now on BBC Sounds.

Mr Johnson then moves on to his domestic agenda, promising to ensure that "the NHS is there for us", to deliver investment in infrastructure and tackle climate change.

He says those who backed the Conservatives for the first time in this election "want change" and "we must not let them down".

“And in delivering change we must change too” and “recognise the incredible reality that we now speak as a One Nation Conservative party," he continues.

“As the nation hands us this historic mandate we must rise to the challenge and to the level of expectations."

“Parliament must change so we in Parliament are working for you the British people," he adds.

Mr Johnson finishes his speech by repeating his promise to "get Brexit done".

“But first my friends let’s get breakfast done too," he adds before leaving the stage.

Andrew Marr
Presenter, The Andrew Marr Show

I think a lot of people will make their own minds up, but a lot of Boris sceptics and even Boris allergics actually will be looking at that, thinking I am beginning to hear what I am hoping for, the more generous, open-sided aspect of Boris Johnson because the biggest question in British politics this morning is, who is Boris Johnson politically?

There's one very close friend of his, a very active Conservative who knows him well, who said do you know, he's much more Michael Heseltine than Margaret Thatcher, and sounded to me more like Heseltine than Thatcher.

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There are now just two constituencies to declare results in the 2019 general election - Arundel & South Downs and St Ives, Cornwall.

Both seats are currently held by the Conservatives. But there could be a long wait for the result in St Ives - bad weather means the retrieval of votes from the Isles of Scilly is delayed. Votes might not be counted there until Monday.

An observation from the political editor of the Manchester Evening News on the prime minister's choice of victory rally venue.

Mr Johnson addresses those who may never have voted Conservative in the past and have only "lent" their vote this time.

"Your hand may have quivered over the ballot paper before you put your cross in the Conservative box and you may intend to return to Labour next time round," he says.

He adds that he is "humbled" such voters have put their trust in him and the Conservatives.

"We will never take your support for granted," he says, pledging to "earn your support in the future" and get Brexit done by the end of January.

Boris Johnson begins his speech by saying "we pulled it off" and "broke the deadlock".

He pays tribute to colleagues that lost seats but congratulates the party on its biggest majority since 1980s.

The country will now be able to "get Brexit done," he says, to cheers from the audience.

Andrew Marr
Presenter, The Andrew Marr Show

As Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to make a speech in central London, the key word is tone.

He has won this huge majority comparatively speaking, from lots of areas of the country that once voted Labour.

There's lots of very hurt and disappointed people, and lot of people worried about things like child poverty and the closure of Sure Start centres and libraries and so on.

Is he going to reach out and address those people as well as those who voted for him?

Is he going to talk about more than that singular Brexit promise?

Is he going to flesh out more about One Nation Conservatism means?

We want to hear some detail from him.

Mr Gove insists that under Boris Johnson's leadership the Conservatives "are truly a party for the whole nation".

He says "we will govern as we campaigned, as a One Nation party", that will "bring economic and social justice" for people in the UK.

Sinn Fein holds Fermanagh & South Tyrone in Northern Ireland, with a reduced majority of 57 over the second-biggest party there, the Ulster Unionist Party.

Speaking first is Michael Gove, who says today "we celebrate a victory for the British people."

He adds the British people rejected Labour leader "Jeremy Corbyn's politics of division, extremism and anti-semitism."

He says: "They voted for a PM dedicated to restoring trust in our democracy by getting Brexit done".

"We will strive every day to live up to the confidence voters have shown in us."