Jeremy Corbyn has called on Theresa May to resign as election results point to a hung Parliament. Speaking following his re-election as the MP for Islington North, the Labour leader said people had voted “for hope for the future”. And he pledged that Labour MPs would make sure the policies in the party’s manifesto were … Read more
It’s only just after two am. There are lots of seats to come in. But at this stage, Tory ministers are saying they do not expect to outperform the exit poll. That means, despite all of those Tory expectations, that confidence they regained in the last week or so of the campaign, the disbelief there … Read more
The SNP’s former leader Alex Salmond has lost his Gordon seat to the Scottish Conservatives. The Tories also defeated the SNP’s deputy leader Angus Robertson as they surged across Scotland. The SNP are currently on 34 seats – a majority of the 59 Scottish constituencies but a drop of 22 from the 56 they won … Read more
play videoThe survey taken at polling stations across the UK suggests the party could get 314 MPs Britain’s Conservative Party will be the largest party but may not have a majority, says an exit poll after the UK’s snap general election. The survey taken at polling stations across the UK suggests the party could get … Read more
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party appears on course to lose her parliamentary majority in the UK general election, according to a shock exit poll compiled for the UK’s main television broadcasters. If the results are confirmed, it will be a huge embarrassment for May, who called a snap election in April in the … Read more
Sterling fell more than half a percent against the US dollar to $1.28. The pound fell sharply after a projection suggested the Conservative Party could fail to win an outright majority in the election on 8 June. Previous opinion polls suggested Prime Minister Theresa May’s party would increase their majority, which is currently 17 seats. … Read more