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'Lets get to work' - Chancellor Reeves Rachel Reeves has been speaking at the Treasury after being made Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister). She says she's often disagreed with political choices made in the Treasury but has never doubted the dedication of Treasury staff. "I'm...

Starmer's six cabinet appointments so far In the last half an hour, we've seen several appointments to Sir Keir Starmer's new cabinet. Here's who have got the top jobs so far: Angela Rayner - Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Rachel Reeves...

Bridget Phillipson, the first MP to be elected in this election, is on her way into Downing Street. A name most people have never heard of yet she is destined for a Government role. And now it's Yvette Cooper, likely to be made Home Secretary.

David Lammy is walking towards No10 now. Along with Obama, he is the first black male to study at Harvard. He is expected to be made Foreign Secretary.

The Leftie hecklers are finally silenced. In his speech Farage rails against the FPTP saying that in proportional representation his party would now have nearly 100 seats. Farage - now an MP - attacks Starmer and his speech and warns the new Government and PM "We're coming for you."...

Wow. Sky News goes live to Farage as he prepares to make a speech but the speech is being disrupted by Left Wing protesters who are dragged out. Farage can hardly speak. People keep heckling him. "Boring! BORING!" shouts Farage. Seems as though his audience has been infiltrated by the Left...

Angela Rayner is walking down Downing Street to No10 to be given her new job by her boss. She's expected to be made Deputy Prime Minister. One by one several Labour politicians will be filmed entering No10 to be given their role in the new Government.

Starmer about to start announcing his Government. The TV media are awaiting with bated breath.

It wasn't just a good night for Labour. Here is Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey celebrating his party winning 71 seats, the Yellows' best performance in 100 years. He danced to the England football anthem "Sweet Caroline."

Well the Cabinet is basically the Government.

He used to stick it to EU leaders in Brussels. Now I can't wait to see him sticking it to Labour and the Tories in the Commons. It's going to be entertaining seeing Nigel in the Commons over the next five years.

Well Labour will import more of them as they end up tending to vote Labour. That's why Blair opened the floodgates.

The 58th Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arrives at Downing Street after being appointed to the position by the King at Buckingham Palace after Labour's first election win since 2005.

Farage has often voiced concerns about the FPTP system and how one party can get more votes but less seats than another party. Now that he's an MP he'll likely raise it with Starmer in the Commons. There was a referendum several years ago on changing the system but the people voted to keep it as...

The new Prime Minister makes his speech to the nation and then enters No10 for the first time with his wife Victoria, looking beautiful in a bright red dress. Whatever anyone may think of him, at least Starmer has been democratically elected by the people unlike Sunak. Starmer will now set...

Starmer gets out of the vehicle on Downing Street and is greeted by hundreds of jubilant supporters. The new Prime Minister accompanied by his wife Victoria hugs and shakes hands with them.

A smiling Starmer emerges from Buckingham Palace as Prime Minister. He gets into a car and makes his way to Downing Street where the 58th Prime Minister will address the nation. It is only the fourth handover of power from one party to another since 1979 and Starmer is only the second elected...

A photo of Starmer meeting the King is being shown on TV. He is now the Prime Minister. He's only the seventh Labour PM - there had been seven Tory MPs since 1990.

Although Labour only got 33.8% of the votes despite winning around two thirds of the seats. As the polling expert who gives us his expert analysis every election, Sir John Curtice said - "Labour haven't won this election. The Conservatives lost it." Interesting that Reform got more votes than...