So, as we sign off after another eventful post-election night of politics, here's a quick recap of what Thursday brought:

• The row at the top of UKIP dominated political headlines throughout the day, concluding with Nigel Farage making clear he intended to remain as leader
• Elsewhere, Chancellor George Osborne set out plans  to devolve powers over housing, transport, planning and policing to English city areas that agree to elect a mayor
• Shadow international development secretary Mary Creagh declared her candidacy for the Labour leadership
• Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron confirmed he will stand in the party's leadership election, saying he believes it "must be saved"

That's it for tonight folks, our colleagues will be back with you from 06:00 BST tomorrow.

Coming up on This Week very shortly, journalist and author Lionel Shriver will look at why some Conservative voters are not keen to voice their support. She reckons it "shouldn’t be a sordid little secret".

In her film, she says: "Conservatives have been made to feel that voting Tory is one of those disgusting habits that you only indulge in the shady privacy of the polling booth."

Also on the live programme with Andrew Neil - on BBC1 from 23:45 BST: Michael Portillo, Diane Abbott, Miranda Green, Piers Morgan and Andrew Rawnsley.

The UKIP row is still bubbling on, with one of Nigel Farage's former advisors denying he encouraged the UKIP leader to take an aggressive approach.

Raheem Kassam, who left UKIP today, said he had "kept the ship steady" and helped win the party nearly four million votes.

Speaking to the BBC from New York, he accused critics of Nigel Farage's aides of staging a leadership coup. He namechecked economic spokesman Patrick O'Flynn, who had claimed Mr Farage had fallen under the influence of advisors wanting an "aggressive" approach.

Mr Kassam said: "Nigel Farage is a very intelligent character, he's his own man. He doesn't necessarily take advice from everyone at all times and I think that's why he's so good.

"So the case that XYZ had undue influence - I think actually what these people are saying is they doubt Nigel Farage's leadership."

Mr Kassam said there shouldn't be a leadership contest, but called on Patrick O'Flynn and his "allies" to resign.

Labour's Jamie Reed, who is the MP for Copeland, has told BBC Radio 5 live that he is considering standing for the party leadership. Mr Reed held a health brief under Ed Miliband.

On Question Time, Nigel Farage points at Conservative Jeremy Hunt and says the forthcoming In/Out EU referendum "has got to be fair".

He says the sums spent on the "Yes" and "No" campaigns should be equal.

Mr Hunt quickly replies that Mr Farage is being a "coward". He says the UKIP leader has got the referendum he wanted.

Earlier in the week UKIP's only MP, Douglas Carswell, resisted pressure from the party to claim £650,000 of taxpayers' money to fund up to 15 additional members of staff.

Smaller parties are entitled to the cash - known as Short money  - to help run their Parliamentary affairs.

However, Mr Farage said: "I'm going to recommend we don't take any of it."

He said the last thing the public want to see is a political party infighting over taxpayers money.

Here's a bit more on Mr Farage's comments on Question Time, due to be aired later tonight 22:45 BST.

In response to Patrick O'Flynn's article in the Times criticising his leader, Mr Farage said: "I was disappointed that a member of our team said this, but look, [in] general elections you are under a huge amount of pressure it's like a boiler room, pressure cooker."

Another snippet from Question Time, ahead of the broadcast at 22:45, with shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt telling the audience: "I am interested in the leadership."

He says he will meet party members tomorrow.

While Nigel Farage appeared to cast doubt over his future within UKIP earlier (see 20:35), his performance on the BBC's Question Time seems he might have misheard the question.

Mr Farage said he had "phenomenal" support from the majority of his party, despite the row that's raged for much of today among the party's senior figures.

He warned that to go through a leadership contest now, with an EU referendum on the way, would be a "massive, massive mistake" for the party.

The full programme airs on BBC1 at 22:45, except in Northern Ireland.

In case you missed it earlier, BBC Trending reports how thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the north of England to break away from the "London-centric south" and join Scotland.

The online petition states that the deliberations of Westminster are becoming "irrelevant" to people in the north, who are not understood by "the endless parade of old Etonions lining the frontbenches of the House of Commons". 

Created by "Stu Dent" who gives his location as Sheffield, the petition is aiming to reach 25,000 signatures. 

Numbers swelled on the day that Chancellor George Osborne used a speech in Manchester to promise a "revolution" in the way England is governed, with elected mayors presiding over far greater powers in major cities to help them rival London. 

Away from the UKIP row, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has warned that a crisis in teacher recruitment, external is Education Secretary Nicky Morgan’s greatest challenge in the new government.

"These are difficult times for education," writes ATL general secretary Mary Bousted. 

"Our children and young people are under increasing pressure, caused primarily by intensive testing, and yet neither employers nor universities are convinced that this is preparing them for life after school. We are seeing the results of this pressure on children's mental health and well-being," 

On arrival at BBC's Question Time Nigel Farage is asked by an ITN reporter: "Have you lost the confidence of your party?" 

Nigel Farage: "Big time" 

UKIP MEP Patrick O'Flynn has hit back after Nigel Farage's former chief of staff Raheem Kassam said that he should "consider his position".

In response Mr O'Flynn said: "I may well have burnt my bridges but it had to be said. 

"I'm not in politics to pursue personal seniority but to persuade the British public that we are good enough to govern ourselves away from the EU. 

"There are a couple of advisers who are pushing Nigel in the wrong direction both in terms of policy and style of leadership." 

Mary Creagh said she opted to launch her campaign in the Daily Mail because "that's exactly the sort of reader Labour have lost". 

She confirmed she did not yet have the 35 nominations from fellow MPs necessary to get on the ballot paper. The Wakefield MP added: "It's very early stages in what is going to be a long race."