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Beginning his first official speech as prime minister, Boris Johnson says this morning he went to Buckingham Palace and is forming a new government.

He calls it a "people's government", and promises to honour the mandate to "get Brexit done" by 31 January.

He says he wants to speak directly to the people who voted for the Tories for the first time.

"I say thank you for the trust you have placed in us and me, and we will work around the clock to repay your trust and deliver on your priorities," he tells them.

Addressing those who did not vote for him including Remain supporters - he says: "We in this one nation Conservative government will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy to the other nations in Europe".

His speech comes after the final election result was declared, taking the Conservatives to a majority of 80.

The prime minister has begun his speech at Downing Street.

It is his first address to the nation since his audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace earlier.

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Cabinet minister Michael Gove said: "Next year, both the Durham Miners' Gala and the Notting Hill Carnival will take place in seats served by Conservative MPs."

We've spoken to Ross Forbes from the Durham Miners' Association, who confirmed that the gala would be taking place in the City of Durham constituency, as it has every year since 1871.

City of Durham was held by Labour, with a majority of 5,025, so Mr Gove is wrong about that one. (The Conservatives did gain Durham North West, but that's not where the gala is.)

But Notting Hill is in the Kensington constituency, which was indeed gained by the Conservatives with a majority of 150.

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Asked to give his verdict on Labour's defeat, shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon says: "What went wrong? It became the Brexit election. The next election won't be a Brexit election.

"Let's look at 2017, where we gained three million votes. In 2019 where we suffered a bad defeat, we had the same leader, the same shadow chancellor, the same shadow home secretary and a very similar manifesto.

"The only thing that changed between 2017 and 2019 was the fact Brexit became an issue which overshadowed traditional party loyalties."

Asked why Labour could not successfully fight the election on Brexit, Mr Burgon replies: "I think it was very hard for a party that supports communities who voted both Leave and Remain. There's no easy solution to that."

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Asked to apologise to all the Labour MPs who have lost their seats, Labour shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon says he was "heartbroken for two reasons last night".

"Firstly, when I think of people like one of my heroes, Dennis Skinner, people like my friend, Laura Pidcock and all the fantastic colleagues who lost their seat

But secondly I was heartbroken when I think of all the people I met in my constituency and across the country who desperately wanted and needed a Labour government.

"I'm deeply disappointed at the result," he says, adding there will be "five years of misery for the people we seek to represent".

Pressed again to apologise by the BBC's Emily Maitlis who says Labour's top team were repeatedly told they were going down the wrong track, Mr Burgon replies: "What we've got to do is analyse objectively and with humility."

Where is that humility? "I think we've got to analyse exactly where we lost votes in different parts of the country," he replies.

Challenged again on who takes responsibility, he responds: "We all need to take responsibility."

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Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says the general election result is "nothing short of a catastrophe" for the Labour Party.

"For the fourth general election in a row the Labour Party has failed to put forward a compelling case to the British people," he says in a post on Facebook, external.

"It is no consolation that we performed so much better here in London.

"If we are truly honest with ourselves, we knew in our hearts that Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership was deeply unpopular with the British people and that we were extremely unlikely to form a Labour government last night.

"Labour now stands more politically and culturally removed than ever before from many of the people our party was formed to represent and that means asking ourselves some very difficult questions."

The press are waiting for Boris Johnson to give his first speech after his audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

The podium is out, ready for the prime minister's address in Downing Street.

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There is still a vast amount we simply don't know about how the election campaign played out digitally.

This includes how much was spent by the main parties on targeted Facebook ads in the final few days; how much was spent advertising on other platforms; and whether foreign influence was behind any of the most controversial activity.

Nevertheless, based on a huge amount of collective data and the combined efforts of journalists and analysts across many institutions, we can now make some firm conclusions, in addition to those made already by my excellent colleagues at BBC Trending.

You can read Amol Rajan's full analysis here.

We've finally got the result from the last seat to declare from the election, St Ives in Cornwall. The Conservatives hold the seat with an increased majority over the second-largest party there, the Lib Dems.

Much has been said about the need for politicians to heal the divisions that emerged over Brexit and the election campaign.

Well, two candidates might have already begun the process.

Labour's Bill Esterson was re-elected as the MP for Sefton Central, beating Conservative Wazz Mughal by 15,122 votes.

In a message to his opponent, Mr Esterson thanked him and wished him luck for the future.

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The Sun's digital political editor Natasha Clark, who supports Boris Johnson, says although a Tory majority was predicted, "he did far better" than suggested by the polls in the last few days.

She says Mr Johnson's aim over the next few months will be to "get Brexit done" - although that is "just the first stage of getting Brexit done, just getting us legally out of the EU".

Asked about the long process of Brexit, she adds: "I think Boris does want to get Brexit done overall. He has stuck to his guns.

"In his manifesto he promised we will be out of the EU completely by the end of 2020 - the end of the transition period.

"Whether he can stick to that manifesto promise, I think there are a lot of people sceptical in Westminster now whether he can get that done in a very tight timetable of a year.

"But yes, we have a little bit further to go before Boris Johnson can say 'I've done Brexit'."

Stop Brexit protester Steve Bray believes Remain campaigners have, and will continue to make "a difference".

He says he is "not giving up" and urges other Remain campaigners to do the same.

"This is our future, our children's future, our grandchildren's future and something we need to secure."

A bit more detail from Jo Swinson's speech a few minutes ago.

Standing down as the Liberal Democrats' leader, she suggests her successor should be a woman.

Speaking in central London, the former MP says "smashing the glass ceiling" by becoming the party's first female leader had meant "a lot of broken glass comes down on your head".

She cites the "experience" of current Lib Dem spokeswomen, including Layla Moran, Christine Jardine, Wera Hobhouse and Sarah Olney as women who could lead the party.

Ms Swinson says: "I'm proud to be the first woman to lead the Liberal Democrats and I'm even more proud that I will not be the last.

"In Sarah, Wera, Christine and Layla, we have four fantastic and experienced women MPs. And in Daisy [Cooper] and Munira [Wilson] and Wendy [Chamberlain], we have exciting new talent.

"They will take the Commons by storm."

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We don't often get to see the prime minister and his girlfriend in public together - but last night was a special occasion.

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Russian president Vladimir Putin has congratulated Boris Johnson on his election result.

In a statement published on the Kremlin website and signed by Mr Putin, the president says: "I wish you success in such a responsible activity as the head of the government, as well as good health and prosperity."

It adds: "I am sure that the development of a constructive dialogue and interaction in various areas will fully meet the interests of the peoples of our countries and the entire European continent."

Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he will not lead the Labour Party into the next election and earlier defended his decision "not to walk away" until his successor is elected as "responsible".