Summary

  • Labour's new shadow cabinet met earlier today for the first time following Kier Starmer's shake-up of his top team

  • Anneliese Dodds is now the Labour Party's chair, with Rachel Reeves taking her old position

  • Veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott says she does not want a leadership challenge but calls on Sir Keir to develop a "winning strategy"

  • Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she could introduce legislation for an independence referendum by next spring

  • But the Scottish Conservatives say Ms Sturgeon is acting beyond her powers

  • PM Boris Johnson is being investigated by the MPs' standards watchdog over the funding of his Caribbean holiday in late 2019

  1. The election results in summarypublished at 06:32 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    If you're just joining us this morning and haven't spent the weekend glued to various screens following election results across the UK, here's a summary of what you missed:

    England

    Scotland

    • The SNP will form the next Scottish government - a historic fourth consecutive win for the nationalists
    • The party won 64 seats - one short of a majority but one more than it won in 2016
    • The Conservatives held on to their 31 seats, while Labour lost 2 seats leaving them with a total of 22

    Wales

  2. What the morning papers saypublished at 06:19 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    The i and the Metro

    The front pages make grim ready for Keir Starmer as the Labour reshuffle dominates.

    "Starmer swings axe after poll disaster" is the headline for the i, external.

    It says the reshuffle was delayed while Sir Keir and Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, haggled over her future.

    The Times, external describes the changes as a "reshuffle kerfuffle" after a weekend of chaos in Labour ranks.

    The Daily Telegraph, external says allies of Jeremy Corbyn accused Sir Keir of lacking “basic political skills” and vowed to push back against his modernising plans

    The Guardian, external says Starmer’s reshuffle has been plunged in to crisis

    Aside from Labour’s woes, many papers look ahead to the PM’s expected announcement later today of the next stage of the roadmap for lifting restrictions.

    "A huge hug for Britain" is the Mail's, external headline.

  3. Labour reshuffle - who's up and who's down?published at 06:12 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Rachel Reeves and Anneliese DoddsImage source, PA Media
    Image caption,

    Rachel Reeves replaces Anneliese Dodds as shadow chancellor

    Late last night we got the details of Labour’s reshuffle.

    Here are the key headlines:

    • Anneliese Dodds loses her job as shadow chancellor but becomes the Labour Party's chair - replacing deputy leader Angela Rayner, who Sir Keir fired from the role on Saturday
    • Rayner becomes shadow first secretary of state, shadow chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster and shadow secretary of state for the future of work – as well as remaining deputy leader
    • Rachel Reeves replaces Dodds as shadow chancellor
    • Wes Streeting taking on a newly-formed role as the shadow minister tackling child poverty
    • Alan Campbell replaces veteran MP Nick Brown as shadow chief whip
    • Lisa Nandy is expected to remain as shadow foreign secretary, while Jonathan Ashworth will stay in his role as shadow health secretary
  4. Good morningpublished at 06:04 British Summer Time 10 May 2021

    Morning all and welcome to our coverage of the elections.

    It may be hard to believe but we are still expecting to get more results coming through today – albeit from the less-box office police and crime commissioner elections.

    Meanwhile there is also the fallout from Labour’s reshuffle following their defeat in Hartlepool as well as disappointing English local election results for the party.

    In Scotland, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Prime Minister Boris Johnson are set on a collision course over a new independence referendum.

    Plus, we may start getting bits of news about tomorrow’s Queen’s Speech, when the government will set out its agenda for the next parliamentary term.

    So there is plenty to talk about – do stick with us for the latest news.