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Who is Keir Starmer, Britain's new Prime Minister? Labour's 7th PM shares his Christian name with the founder of the party and was Head of the Crown Prosecution Service in his previous job. He's a pescatarian and his wife and children are Jewish.

Finally, Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive at Buckingham Palace to meet the King. When he comes out he will be PM.

Here is the score with just two seats of the 650 left to declare. Labour: 412 (+211) Conservatives: 121 (-250) Liberal Democrats: 71 (+63) SNP: 9 (-38) Sinn Fein: 7 (no change) Independent: 6 (+6) DUP: 5 (-3) Reform UK: 4 (+4) Green: 4 (+3) Plaid Cymru: 4 (+2) SDLP: 2 (no change) Alliance...

I don't know what's taking Starmer so long to meet the King but he best hurry as Britain currently has no PM. Nobody is at the rudder. Thunder can be heard over 10 Downing Street.

Same as it is here: Millions fed up of a centrist government treating its people with contempt and not listening to their concerns. Le Pen's party got closer to getting into power than Farage's party but Farage's party is only four years old. Le Pen and Farage should work together.

Sunak has met the King at Buckingham Palace to tend his resignation. He is no longer PM. Starmer will be on his way soon to meet the King to become Prime Minister.

Bizarre. Despite winning with a huge majority, just look at Labour's vote percentage... Labour set to win with 35% share of the vote Professor Sir John Curtice BBC polling expert With more than 580 seats now declared, the BBC is forecasting that the final vote share across Great Britain will...

Bizarre. Despite winning with a huge majority, just look at Labour's vote percentage... Labour set to win with 35% share of the vote Professor Sir John Curtice BBC polling expert With more than 580 seats now declared, the BBC is forecasting that the final vote share across Great Britain will...

I made a mistake before. This is only the ninth time that Labour have won an election. The previous eight were: 1945 1950 1964 1966 1974 1997 2001 2005

Labour have won but results are still coming in. Green co-leader Ramsay gains Waveney Valley from the Conservatives. Tories wiped out in Wales Professor Sir John Curtice BBC polling expert With all the seats declared in Wales, the Tories have lost every single one they were defending...

Outgoing PM Rishi Sunak retains his seat but admits ultimate defeat to Labour.

Labour win General Election after reaching 326 seats Next Prime Minister Keir Starmer is addressing cheering supporters in central London. Keir Starmer tells them "thank you truly - you have changed our country". After reaching the required 326 seats to win the general election, he says "a...

Breaking News: Labour win the General Election Labour have won a General Election for only the 5th time. New PM Keir Starmer makes his victory speech.

Latest (326 seats needed to win) Labour: 310 Conservatives: 67 Liberal Democrats: 41 Reform: 4 SNP: 4 Others: 13

Jeremy Hunt narrowly avoided becoming the first Chancellor of the Exchequer to lose his seat. In his victory speech he congratulated PM-elect Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves and said how proud he is to live in a country in which "bombs and bullets do not decide elections."

Labour are now on 304 seats and need 326 to win. It's only a matter of time. Starmer is about to be just the seventh Labour PM.

I've congratulated Starmer on winning election - Sunak Rishi Sunak's speaking after it was announced that he'd held on to his seat in Richmond, Yorkshire. In a fairly short speech, he says "Labour has won this election" and that he's called Keir Starmer to congratulate him.

Outgoing PM Rishi Sunak has retained his seat of Richmond and Northallerton. Despite Labour not yet having crossed the threshold of 326 seats needed to win, Sunak has conceded defeat and says he has called Starmer to congratulate him on his victory. Sunak wins with 23,059 votes. Labour’s Tom...