James Landale
Diplomatic correspondent

Change is coming. The government will now carry out what Boris Johnson called "the deepest review of Britain's security, defence and foreign policy since the end of the Cold War".

He has promised to start it within the next 100 days. But what might this mean in practice?

The Conservatives promised to "examine how we reform Whitehall to support integrated policy-making and operational planing across departments and agencies".

Might that involve a greater role for the Foreign Office, absorbing DFID or taking control of the foreign aid budget?

Mr Johnson also promised to consider "how best to use our huge expenditure on international development".

Might that mean a fresh attempt to change the rules so the UK's £14bn aid budget can be spent not just on poverty reduction but also security and economic priorities?

But perhaps the biggest question is what foreign policy Mr Johnson will adopt. His manifesto said nothing about the UK's future relationship with the US and China.

There was no reference to Iran, Syria, Russia, Israel, Saudi Arabia. Of Islamic state, there was not a word.

The key point is that a new Conservative government with a big mandate can potentially make radical reforms to UK foreign policy, enacting ideas that have long lain dormant in dusty policy papers, constrained by Brexit and administrations with small majorities.

Another former Labour stronghold which fell to the Tories last night was Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire - a seat Labour had held since 1935.

Many people in the area voted Tory for the first time - the BBC's Frankie McCamley asked some of them what drove their decision.

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Future trade deals with countries outside the EU, like the US, are "quite a long way off," says former cabinet secretary Lord Gus O'Donnell.

"There's two things here. There's the UK-EU trade deal. The adverse consequences of being outside the EU won't be felt for quite a while in terms of that trade deal," he says.

"The whole point about a trade deal with third countries is that it'll take us a while to make any of any great note. We could do ones with countries like Canada but it's a tiny proportion of our trade."

Asked whether "Corbynism" is now dead, Jeremy Corbyn says: "There is no such thing as Corbyninsm… there is socialism."

He adds: "I don’t think [socialist ideas] are unelectable."

And in direct criticism of Boris Johnson's "get Brexit done" pledge, Jeremy Corbyn says the promise is a "mirage of nonsense".

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will not walk away from his role until the party has elected a new leader in the early part of next year.

He adds that the party's national executive will determine the timetable for his departure.

"The national executive will have to meet in the very near future and they will make that decision not me," he says.

"What I hope is that we have a period where there will be a discussion within the party. It will be in the early part of next year sometime.

"I was elected to lead the party and I think the responsible thing to do is not to walk away."

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One veteran MP who won't be returning to Parliament next week is Labour's Dennis Skinner.

The 87-year-old lost the Bolsover seat he has held since 1970 to the Conservatives.

The BBC's David Pittam looks at what brought about the downfall of the so-called Beast of Bolsover.

Asked about questions over his leadership and its role in Labour's defeat, Mr Corbyn says he has "done everything I could to lead this party… to develop its policies".

He adds: "I have received more personal abuse than any other leader has ever received and that happens all the time. I will talk to our [Labour] national executive about the future."

Mr Corbyn says he intends to remain Labour leader until those discussions take place.

Speaking for the first time since his election count address earlier this morning, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he is “very sad at the result we have achieved and very sad for those colleagues who have lost their seat at this election”.

He adds that he has "pride in our manifesto that we put forward and all the policies we put forward which actually had huge public support on universal credit and investment".

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The prime minister has the right to say no to SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon's call for another referendum on Scottish independence, and "that will create tensions", says former cabinet secretary Lord Gus O'Donnell.

"Northern Ireland the same... the nationalists now, for the first time, having more seats than the unionists," he says.

"That's going to create problems because those things aren't just separate constitutional issues. For both of those countries, Brexit is a big issue as well."

He adds: "Assuming Boris [Johnson] goes ahead and delivers Brexit - which I am - and we leave on January 31, that does create problems and reinforces the independence campaigns, I think you'll see, both in Scotland - and the view in Northern Ireland that there are greater attractions in being close to the Republic."

Lorna Gordon
BBC News Scotland correspondent

We are setting the two countries up for a big constitutional stand-off.

Nothing Nicola Sturgeon said in that speech just now was entirely unexpected.

But there were big gains for the SNP in Scotland overnight and she said those gains “renew, reinforce and strengthen” the SNP’s mandate for Scottish people to have the right to choose their future.

She said she will set out next week a “detailed democratic case for the transfer of power”.

We’ve always knew that at some point before Christmas she would request what’s called a Section 30 order – that is the transfer of power from Westminster to hold a referendum in Scotland on Scottish independence.

But Boris Johnson has made very clear that he will say no to that.

He sees another referendum on Scottish independence as a once in a generation event.

So where do we go from here? Well there are increasing rumours and speculation that perhaps there might be legal action over that matter.

But the SNP are also pushing the line that Boris Johnson can’t refuse because frankly he has no right to stand in the way.

The Tories’ vote went down in Scotland, where the SNP’s went up significantly.

But it is hard to see how you reconcile these two very opposing positions when it comes to the constitutional question over Scotland’s future – I foresee big arguments ahead.

Professor Sir John Curtice
Polling expert

We should bear in mind, and maybe [Tory Party chairman] James Cleverly might want to bear this in mind when he tries to use a similar argument about Scotland... that actually the proportion of the electorate that has voted for either the Conservatives or the Brexit Party, at 47%, is rather less than the percentage of the electorate that voted for parties that are in favour of a second referendum.

So the truth is, we should remember that the reason why the Conservatives have won is, in the end, this decision has been made via an electoral system that exaggerates leads, and in a situation where, as a result of that, the Remain vote was fragmented and the Leave vote was concentrated.

There's nothing in this election result that suggests any change of mood or attitude towards Brexit from what was the position three years ago.

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Victoria Derbyshire is at a library talking to voters in Birmingham.

Henry, a lifelong Labour voter who voted Conservative for the first time yesterday, says he had become "disillusioned" with his traditional party, so the Tories seemed to be the "better option at the moment".

Claudia, also a Labour voter, says she is "shocked" voters like Henry, who recognised they wanted change, had switched votes to re-elect a "party that hasn't brought change about".

Henry responds that he voted Conservative because "they stand to do more" than Labour, a party he says have been beset by "in-fighting" and "no real stance" on Brexit.

Nea voted Conservative and says she feels "over the moon" with their victory.

She says she voted for the Tories because she voted Brexit, adding "there were definitely reasons for going ahead with Brexit".

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Stormzy tells the BBC's 1Xtra Breakfast Show with Dotty that he was signing albums overnight as the election results came in.

"As soon as it hit midnight... it was like a dark cloud, that's what it felt like," he says.

"Even waking up today, you can feel it. It's in the air, it's in your bones."

Listen to the full interview here.

Ms Sturgeon accepts Boris Johnson has a "mandate" for Brexit in Britain but not in Scotland.

While she acknowledges not everyone who voted SNP supports independence, whether or not Scotland becomes an independent nation "must be a matter for the people who live here".

“It’s not a decision for any Westminster prime minister and certainly not for one who suffered a crushing defeat in Scotland last night," she adds.

Ms Sturgeon argues the election result “reinforces and strengthens the mandate we have from previous elections to offer the people of Scotland a choice on their future”.

She says her party will next week publish "the detailed democratic case for the transfer of power to enable a referendum to be put beyond legal challenge", adding that the referendum "must be the responsibility of the Scottish Parliament".

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon is now making a speech in Edinburgh, after her party gained 13 seats in the election.

She says the result is an "overwhelming endorsement of our campaign, message and vision”, adding that Scotland has chosen a very different future to that chosen by the rest of the UK.

Scotland has rejected Boris Johnson and the Tories and yet again we have said no to Brexit," she continues.

Last night was a "watershed moment", she adds.

While overall the Conservatives won its largest majority since the 1980s, it was a different story in Scotland, where the party lost seven seats.

Former Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson says in a tweet that "every party" - hers included - will be doing "a lot of thinking after last night's results".

Ahead of polling day, Ms Davidson said she would skinny dip in Loch Ness if the SNP won 50 seats - they didn't quite reach that number but still gained 13 new MPs, taking their total to 48.

After securing a big majority, Boris Johnson will be in a strong position to deliver his party's manifesto pledges.

We all know his headline promise to "get Brexit done" - but what about his other policies?

Our correspondents analyse the other key pledges here.

Chris Mason
Political Correspondent

It's the final stop of a general election campaign every party leader dreams of.

An audience with the Queen and an invite to form a government.

That dream is a reality for Boris Johnson this lunchtime - he returned to Downing Street with a Commons majority the Conservatives haven't seen in around three decades.

Nearly 14 million votes, a net gain of 47 seats - and breakthroughs in places long seen as unwinnable by the Tories; Burnley, Blyth Valley, Workington, Wrexham and many more.

Addressing supporters this morning, in front of a slogan that read "The People's Government", Mr Johnson acknowledged some "may only have leant us your vote", as he put it.

"I am humbled you have put your trust in me," he added, saying "we will never take your support for granted".

For the first time since the EU referendum in 2016 - one thing is now certain. The UK will leave the European Union at the end of January.