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Rishi Sunak has resigned as leader of the Conservative Party after Labour won a landslide in the general election, saying “I am sorry”. Mr Sunak said he would not leave his role immediately. “I would like to say, first and foremost, I am sorry. I have given this job my all,” he said on the

Labour have won a landslide victory in the general election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule, the exit poll suggests. Sir Keir Starmer’s party looks set to secure victory with an estimated overall majority of 170 seats, according to the poll by Ipsos UK for Sky News/BBC/ITV News. Follow general election results live The poll

A Conservative minister has said Labour will get “the largest majority this country has ever seen” if recent polls are correct. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride not only appeared to concede the election to Labour a day before voting begins but said they would gain a record number of seats. He told Sky News:

He’s still got it. Boris Johnson may have left it late before coming to the party – the Conservative Party, that is – but his 11th-hour rallying cry to the Tory faithful was vintage Boris and just like the old days. It was the kind of shambolic, chaotic but barnstorming box office performance that he

Sir Keir Starmer will chair his first cabinet as prime minister this morning following a historic election victory for Labour. The new prime minister appointed his top team on Friday afternoon, making very few changes to the shadow cabinet that existed before the election. Follow general election fallout live Rachel Reeves is the new chancellor

Millions of people across the UK will head to the polls today to vote in the general election. A total of 650 parliamentary constituencies are being contested in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, with polling stations open from 7am until 10pm. Find more details of what you can expect here There are around 40,000

A Reform candidate has suspended her campaign and defected to the Tories, saying the “vast majority” of others standing for Nigel Farage’s party are “racist, misogynistic, and bigoted”. Georgie David, the Reform candidate for West Ham and Beckton, said she did not think the senior leadership of the party was racist. But she said: “As

A government minister has said there should be “no space” for Nigel Farage in the Conservative Party – as he hinted he may run for Rishi Sunak’s position after the election. Steve Baker, the minister for Northern Ireland, acknowledged the troubles currently facing the Conservative campaign and that he did not want to pre-empt Rishi

Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are back with their guide to the election day ahead. This is day 40 of the campaign. Jack and Sam look at where the parties are now as the election approaches, with Labour’s attack ads and the Conservatives pushing back against Reform UK. Plus,

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) says there’s a conspiracy of silence this election – that all of the major political parties aren’t being honest enough about their fiscal plans this election. And they have a point. Most obviously (and this is the main thing the IFS is complaining about) none of the major manifestos

Nigel Farage has insisted he is not “fanning the flames of anything” as he defended his handling of the racism row engulfing the Reform UK party. Mr Farage appeared on Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips following the controversy over a Reform canvasser who was caught making a racial slur about the prime minister

A Reform UK candidate has disowned the party and is backing the Conservatives amid a row over racism. Liam Booth-Isherwood, who was standing in the seat of Erewash, announced he was dropping out of the race and would instead be endorsing the Tory contender Maggie Throup to “stop Labour”. He said he had become “increasingly

Reform UK has withdrawn support from three of its parliamentary candidates as the racism row engulfing the party continues to grow. The party led by Nigel Farage is no longer supporting Edward Oakenfull, who is standing in Derbyshire Dales, Robert Lomas, a candidate in Barnsley North, and Leslie Lilley, standing in Southend East and Rochford,

Two Reform UK parliamentary candidates have shared material deemed “vile” and in breach of the internationally-recognised definition of antisemitism. Candidates of the right-wing party have previously shared on social media material defending Adolf Hitler, denying the Holocaust, conspiracy theories about the Rothschild family and Jewish financier George Soros, denial of antisemitism, and comparisons of the

A Reform UK canvasser who used a racial slur against Rishi Sunak has called himself a “total fool” and said he has learned his lesson. Footage from an undercover Channel 4 reporter showed Reform campaigner Andrew Parker using a discriminatory term about the prime minister, as well as saying the army should “just shoot” migrants

Rishi Sunak has spoken of his hurt and anger at his daughters having to hear Reform activists using a racial slur about him. Responding to the slurs made by supporters of the party led by Nigel Farage, the prime minister said: “Well, my two daughters have to see and hear Reform people who campaign for