changing a country's not like flicking a switch, but have no doubt that the work of change begins immediately. the prime minister appoints labour mps to key cabinet positions — rachel reeves becomes the first female chancellor. angela rayner is named deputy prime minister, david lammy foreign secretary and yvette cooper is home secretary. as he left downing street for the final time as prime minister, rishi sunak said he'd heard the anger of voters. i am sorry. i have given thisjob my all, but you have sent a clear signal that the government of the united kingdom must change, and yours is the only judgment that matters. # sweet caroline # whoa, whoa, whoa! and celebrations for the liberal democrats —

winning 71 seats — and becoming the third—largest party in the commons. hello, i'm ben thompson, and welcome to downing street. it has been a day of comings and goings in the street behind me. in the next hour, we'll take you through all of the headlines and key outcomes from the general election — hearing from representatives from all of the main parties. let's start by recapping the result. labour have taken power, winning 412 seats, which is set to give them a majority of 170. sir keir starmer has been appointed prime minister by king charles

and has spent the afternoon appointing his first cabinet. rishi sunak�*s conservatives fell to just 121 seats — down 251 on the last election. he has left downing street, and says he will resign as conservative leader. the liberal democrats have gained 63 seats. their total of 71 makes them the third largest party at westminster. reform uk — led by nigel farage — won 14.3% of the vote — but that has translated into just five seats. that's one more than plaid cymru — who doubled their representation in the house of commons to four. in northern ireland, sinn fein are now the largest single party — holding seven of the 18 seats in the province. in scotland, the snp were big losers — losing 38 seats, leaving them with just nine elected

members in westminster. let's start with labour — and sir keir starmer. his first official business — once the outcome of the election was confirmed — was to travel to buckingham palace, for his formal appointment as prime minister. the meeting with king charles was held, as is traditional, held in private, but buckingham palace did issue this video of the moment the monarch met the politician. after that, it was a short trip back to his new residence at ten downing street. he and his wife victoria travelled the last few yards to the famous front door by foot — the people you can see greeting them on the pavement are labour party supporters, who'd been allowed into the gated street for the morning. sir keir then made his first speech as prime minister. my government will fight every day until you believe again. from now on, you have a government unburdened by doctrine, guided only by the determination to serve your interest, to defy quietly those who have written our country off.

you have given us a clear mandate, and we will use it to deliver change, to restore service and respect to politics, end the era of noisy performance, tread more lightly on your lives and unite our country. he's wasted no time in appointing his first cabinet. most of the new ministers and secretaries are no surprise. angela rayner will serve as deputy prime minister. the uk will now have its first female chancellor of the exchequer — with rachel reeves taking on that role. yvette cooper, who was a cabinet minister under gordon brown the last time labour were in power,

1a years ago, will be the home secretary. and david lammy will become the uk's new foreign secretary. our political correspondent iain watson joins me from millbank. you've abandoned me in the driveway, iain! but the new prime minister wasting no time.— iain! but the new prime minister wasting no time. iain! but the new prime minister wastin: no time. ~ , . wasting no time. absolutely, and you have my sympathy! — wasting no time. absolutely, and you have my sympathy! and _ wasting no time. absolutely, and you have my sympathy! and the - wasting no time. absolutely, and you have my sympathy! and the warmth i have my sympathy! and the warmth like me, i'll come to the cabinet positions, but i interested in the development in the last few hours. sir patrick vallance and chris whitty saying he... seems up figure above politics. he's been given of peerage by labour and will become the ministerfor peerage by labour and will become the minister for science. also james stimson from the temps

has worked quite for some time when he stood down as chief executive of the company and trying to rehabilitate offenders, to give ex—convicts a second chance, and he has now been made the president minister —— prison minister. i think on day one of keir starmer�*s residency of number ten, he's trying to say the labour party has changed, it's going beyond boundaries, but it's going beyond boundaries, but it's bringing in people with expertise. this was tried by gordon brown back in, just before 2010, he had just got aiden and digbyjones. senior military figure in lord west. this time, i think gordon brown perhaps set the agenda. keir

starmer... it's not a barrier as appointing them. he went largely to continuity. that's because the shadow secretary was defeated in bristol. but keir starmer is very keen to build up relationships that they will continue with those relationships and hit the ground running. hence racial reeves is there and no longer shadow chancellor, but has moved into number 11 —— rachel reeves. that very important for keir starmer, because he wants to be seen to be delivering on some of his limited promises very quickly. iain. delivering on some of his limited promises very quickly. iain, good to talk to yom — promises very quickly. iain, good to talk to you. important _ promises very quickly. iain, good to | talk to you. important developments tonight.

one man with first—hand experience of what day one in downing st feels like isjonathan powell, who was tony blair's chief of staff. good to have you with us. talk to me about that transition. it's quite a change. you go from opposition and you can have all the ideas in the world. when you get inside number ten, you have to deliver. talk to me about what keir starmer will have experience. are transition here is completely bonkers. —— r. they had no sleep the night before. i have to say that keir starmer has handled it very well and appointed the cabinet very smoothly. they seemed very well prepared to move into government. the shock to the system to make

those difficult decisions is a big transition to do. i those difficult decisions is a big transition to do.— those difficult decisions is a big transition to do. i guess we looked at the polls. _ transition to do. i guess we looked at the polls. they _ transition to do. i guess we looked at the polls, they told _ transition to do. i guess we looked at the polls, they told us - transition to do. i guess we looked at the polls, they told us that - at the polls, they told us that labour were going to win. as you say, keir starmer wasting no time. what will be at the top of the to do list? i what will be at the top of the to do list? ~ , what will be at the top of the to do list? ~' , ., ., ., ~ ,., list? i think they have to make some real progress — list? i think they have to make some real progress before _ list? i think they have to make some real progress before the _ list? i think they have to make some real progress before the summer- real progress before the summer break. we've elected to before we got to the summer. they have a month until everyone will go off on holiday. they have to show people there's change. i imagine they have 100 days under their own that will go 100 days under their own that will 9° up 100 days under their own that will go up to the summer break. the big changes early on like prime

minister's questions, because we knew... we want to do the things only have the maximum. while people are still in order... they had a real opportunity to take bigger steps. real opportunity to take bigger ste s. �* real opportunity to take bigger stes. �* ., , ., , steps. and labour being handed this masted majority- — steps. and labour being handed this masted majority. rishi _ steps. and labour being handed this masted majority. rishi sunak- steps. and labour being handed this masted majority. rishi sunak was i masted majority. rishi sunak was warning, saying it was a danger. if you look at it another way, you might say it allows the government to deliver on some difficult decisions. it allows them to make some decisions that might not be universally popular. how do you think keir starmer will use that power. as yellow all the commentary i've heard is not one i experience. i've heard is not one i experience. i've worked in all three governments. you don't have to be threatened or held hostage by a handful of people. you have to

debate. it's not a dictatorship, but having majority is an important thing to do. i did notice that keir starmer is the size you to the —— emphasise unity. that means he'll need to do a whiter coalition than just labour. people want parties to collaborate together. if you want to make lasting change, you want to actually cooperate. sir keir —— attorney blair was on the few that survived. —— tony. you really want to have a consensus to work with that as well. it to have a consensus to work with that as well-— that as well. it was a ma'ority, clearl . that as well. it was a ma'ority, clearly. .f i that as well. it was a ma'ority, clearly. maui that as well. it was a ma'ority, clearly. if you look h that as well. it was a ma'ority, clearly. if you look at h that as well. it was a majority, clearly. if you look at the - that as well. it was a majority, | clearly. if you look at the share that as well. it was a majority, i clearly. if you look at the share of the vote, it was 35%. is it a mandate from the british people? i

really don't buy this argument. we had a system and we change the system. but tony blair had that 30 something percent in all that majority. i don't think this is the very thing he's... it's what happens whether it is distributed between main parties. in 2019, the reason there is so much is two parties were very polarised and people turned out not for the small parties. it's a function of the election where it looks clear that labour would win. turnout was pretty low. i think about 60%. i've been asking this question today and i've been interested whether this is a damning verdict of the british people saying

they can vote for people, but they don't deliver anything. 0r they can vote for people, but they don't deliver anything. or was it that people thought this was a done deal? murdee upon that debate? ii deal? murdee upon that debate? if you look back at our history, that's what happens when people think, it's the one side is going to win. why should they? there's also a lot of voters who didn't want to vote. some voted for nigel farage and some stayed at home. it's a choice that people make. if the next election is very close, the votes go up.- very close, the votes go up. really aood to very close, the votes go up. really good to talk _ very close, the votes go up. really good to talk to _ very close, the votes go up. really good to talk to you. _ let's talk now to political economist and friend of keir starmer, will hutton. thanks for being with us on bbc news. you know him well. what will

he be doing tonight?— he be doing tonight? working. he's already appointed _ he be doing tonight? working. he's already appointed his _ he be doing tonight? working. he's already appointed his entire - he be doing tonight? working. he's| already appointed his entire cabinet as far as i can see, as we were discussing, and in the next round, ministers of states will be added until its right to knock off. he is in of —— he is a very driven guy. just he get any time off, do you think? ~ , , think? well... this is intriguing. we know that _ think? well... this is intriguing. we know that he's _ think? well... this is intriguing. | we know that he's preannounced think? well... this is intriguing. - we know that he's preannounced it, and he did carve out time for his family. he carved out time to put in

the arsenal home games. they've already been his diary. he will be already been his diary. he will be already thinking about how he's going to marry his duties as prime minister to see the arsenal. he will try saying, i'm sure, the way it has been. that was downtime he valued. hour and a half before hand, he relaxed. so, it's footballand family. he's not a great reader, he reads journals, family. he's not a great reader, he readsjournals, he's not a great book reader. but he's a driven guy.

sorry to cut across book reader. but he's a driven guy. sorry to cut acros- sorry to cut across you, but i was interested — sorry to cut across you, but i was interested in _ sorry to cut across you, but i was interested in who _ sorry to cut across you, but i was interested in who he _ sorry to cut across you, but i was interested in who he was and - sorry to cut across you, but i was| interested in who he was and how he will divine his time. hejust will divine his time. he just walked in the door behind me and he's got to get on with the job of government. how would you describe his type of politics? how will he govern? i his type of politics? how will he rovern? ., , ., govern? i think he started outside number ten- _ govern? i think he started outside number ten. he _ govern? i think he started outside number ten. he doesn't - govern? i think he started outside number ten. he doesn't carry... l govern? i think he started outside l number ten. he doesn't carry... he doesn't carry doctrine in ideology. he does carry values. he's a really straight guy. in a group, he's one that naturally emerges as the leader

of the group, saying we do this, we're going to leave now. it's a natural authority and you find yourself perplexed as to why someone who is kind of unassuming where they have no need to assert this authority, it'sjust kind of authority, it's just kind of they are in his being. while he isn't very charismatic and the way of borisjohnson or tony blair or boris johnson or tony blair or barack borisjohnson or tony blair or barack 0bama is, when you're in a room with him, is quite clearly the person who counts, who's going to be the change agent. it's a leadership role which i think is going to be very... it's going to behove the country. he is a man of the left.

when he talks about working—class backgrounds, he endlessly references his father being a toolmaker. they were hard times, especially when he was a teenager. he's remember that and he... if he's in politics for anything, it's to do two or three things. one, improve the lives of working—class families like the one that he was a member of and is a member of. two, a passionate belief injustice — notjust legaljustice and human rights — but actually socialjustice. he does believe in that. i once tried to understand... instead of talk about socialism, we should talk about fellowship. he likes the idea of actually fellowship, having one another�*s backs. hanging together and

producing together. he liked that. it's an extra —— intriguing window. he's not an ideologist, is not really... he...— he's not an ideologist, is not really... he... well, it's really aood really... he... well, it's really good to _ really... he... well, it's really good to talk— really... he... well, it's really good to talk to _ really... he... well, it's really good to talk to you. _ really... he... well, it's really good to talk to you. thank - really... he... well, it's reallyl good to talk to you. thank you. cheers. pa, good to talk to you. thank you. cheers. �* ._ ., cheers. a little delay on the line! a friend of _ cheers. a little delay on the line! a friend of keir _ cheers. a little delay on the line! a friend of keir starmer, - a friend of keir starmer, talking about the man himself. sorry to cut him off in his prime! it's been a day of comings and goings. it's been a long six weeks. let's have a look now at the momentous events that have taken place since the results of the exit poll were published that showed the labour party were on course for a landslide victory and our political editor

chris mason reports. just look at our new prime minister's face — undisguised joy. sir keir starmer and his wife victoria arriving their new street to be greeted by flag—waving labour activists. labour winning from opposition and assuming power. labour does usually lose elections, but this looks like a turning point. i have just returned from buckingham palace, where i accepted an invitation from his majesty the king, to form the next government of this great nation. cheering his achievement, as the first british ageing prime minister of our his achievement, as the first british—asian prime minister of

our country, the extra effort that that will have effort that that will have required, should not be underestimated by anyone. the country has voted decisively for change. whether you voted labour or not — infact, especially if you did not — i say to you, directly, my government will serve you. but he admitted... changing a country is not like flicking a switch. the world is now a more volatile place. this will take a while.

but, have no doubt that the work of change begins immediately. hou promised... to restore service and respect to politics, to end the era of noisy noisy performance, tread more lightly on your lives, and unite our country. jubilation, yes, but with terms and conditions, the slogan may have been changed but he admits it will take time. the slogan may have been changed, but he admits it will take time. keir starmer entering ten downing street as prime minister for the very first time. and with that, the business of governing begins. arriving this afternoon to join the cabinet, the new deputy prime minister angela rayner, the first woman to be chancellor ever, rachel reeves, and the new foreign secretary, david lammy. all of this began to unfold at ten o'clock last night. blimey, just take a look

at those numbers. a nocturnal political earthquake. massive labour gains in england, scotland and wales, colossal conservative losses. just look at theirfaces. just look at their face in norfolk, a former prime minister just look at theirfaces. in norfolk, a former prime minister became a former mp. conservative party chairman richard holden had a nervous wait, winning byjust 20 votes. former cabinet minister jacob rees—mogg wasn't so lucky, and lost. thank you very much to everybody and good night _ # sweet caroline... lib dems leader ed davey could not resist a spot of dad dancing to greet his party was likely for a 270 one mps. the scottish national party lost 38 seats, and havejust nine. reform uk got more votes than the lib dems, but ended up with just five mps, one of them nigel farage,

and the green party of england and wales one 46. among their victims, coded a carla denyer of beating out former labour frontbencher in the process. bristol, you made history today. in westminster, it is just over six weeks when i last got soaked in downing street when the election campaign began. it is going to be a busy morning for the lectern. there was a touch of deja vu as well as rain there this morning, as rishi sunak there. to the country i would like to say first and foremost, i am sorry. i have given thisjob my all. but you have sent a clear signal, that the government of the united that the government and yours is the only judgment that matters. i have heard your anger, your disappointment, and i take responsibility for this loss. he offered these words about keir starmer. whatever our disagreements in this campaign, he is a decent, public—spirited man, who i respect. these were his last public remarks in high office.

this is a difficult day, at the end of a number of difficult days. but i leave thisjob, or not to have been your prime minister. this is the best country in the world, and it is thanks entirely to you, the british people — the true source of all of our thank you. in truth, he tried everything to revive conservative fortunes, but had failed, leaving his party do catastrophic defeat. do catastrophic defeat. sir keir starmer, your majesty. as keir and so leading to this moment. as keir starmer get used to recall small talk, and the country gets used to its fourth prime minister in under two years. chris mason, bbc news, westminster. it is to say, we heard... we've heard from you came's president saying he spoke with keir starmer ——

ukraine's. president zelensky says... he says he's grateful to the prime ministerfor... he talks about ways to strengthen partnerships, including a 100 year partnerships, including a 100 year partnership between ukraine and the uk. we'll be back with all the headlines with you very shortly, but let's check at the weather. it's fun to drive for now, but what's it like where you are? thomas has the

details. hello, thanks forjoining me. friday brought somewhat of a mixed bag of weather. the weekend is upon us. let's see what's in store. well, you guessed it, another mixed bag with sunshine and showers. quite breezy and rather on the cool side, something we've been used to for quite some time now. so, here's the forecast then for the evening hours. a weather front in the south of the country. this is where the wettest of our weather has been so far through friday, and more of that to come through friday evening and into saturday. now, the forecast shows the rain in the south, and indeed the radar confirms that, you can see rain across southwestern southwestern england into central southern england, but the dry conditions further north. and we could have some clear spells overnight across the north east of england, maybe central scotland, but elsewhere, i think a good chance of encountering some rain. the temperatures first thing in the morning will be around 13 in the southeast of the uk, but further north where the skies will have cleared overnight, outside of town at least, it could be as low as six degrees celsius. so, saturday itself, well, we've already established that it's going to be a mixed bag with sunshine and showers.

really big clumps of rain, i think, early in the morning, but then they'll give way to some sunny spells. but it will be a very blustery day, too, particularly around these south eastern coasts — gusts of 40mph or so. i think eventually, second half of the afternoon, the best of the weather and most prolonged spells of sunshine out towards the west. wimbledon, then — yes, showers are expected, some of them could be heavy, and there's also going to be a good breeze blowing out of the west. and i think further showers are likely on sunday. and in fact as one low pressure pulls away, — so that's what we wiil have had on saturday — this next weather front slips in off the atlantic and delivers us showers at least early in the day across the west of the uk. then the showers will move eastwards, and then actually, there'll be further showers building inland anyway through the course of the afternoon — could even be the odd crack of thunder. look, we're not even making 20 celsius anywhere in the uk. it'll be typically around 16—18 degrees, so mixed bag on the way this weekend. and that changeable, relatively cool theme continues

into the week ahead. perhaps a gentle rise in the temperature, something closer to what we'd expect earlyjuly. that's it. bye—bye. this is bbc news. the headlines:

sir keir starmer met with king charles earlier today as the uk's new prime minister, after a landslide victory for labour in the general election. changing a country's not like flicking a switch, but have no doubt that the work of change begins immediately. the prime minister appoints labour mps to key cabinet positions — rachel reeves becomes the first female chancellor. angela rayner is named deputy prime minister, david lammy foreign secretary and yvette cooper is appointed home secretary. as he left downing street for the final time as prime minister, rishi sunak said he'd heard the anger of voters. i am sorry. i have given thisjob my all, but you have sent a clear signal that the government of the united kingdom must change, and yours is the only judgment that matters. and in scotland, the snp

are down tojust nine mps — losing dozens of seats to labour. the first minister concedes it's been a tough night for his party. it has been the day of comings and goings after a night of shocks and surprises in a landslide victory as the polls predicted. the big question is whether the votes cast represent who won because represent who won a large gap between the share of total votes won by each party and the share of parliamentary seats won has prompted renewed calls for reform of the electoral system. reform uk has complained that it got four million votes — under the current first—past—the—post system — but only 4 mps. the greens have also said they want to see a "fairer system". bbc verify has been looking at the disparity between the vote

share and the share of seats in the 2024 general election and has found that it is the largest on record — as ben chu now explains. it will make the result of this collection has elicited complaints of unfairness due to the gap between the votes of some of the parties and the votes of some of the parties and the share of seats one, justified well, let's take a look. here the vote shares of the party standing across england, scotland and wales, labour 34%, tories on 24% and the greens on 7%. here are their shares of the 650 house of commons seats. labour gets a much larger share of the seats than a dozen of the votes and almost twice the share and look at some of the smaller parties, reform got 14% of the vote but only 1% of the seats. the greens cut 7% of the votes but only 1% of the

seats. bear in mind that this is out of the uk's system works. it has a tendency to give disproportionate results relative to systems and some other countries. the person with the largest number of votes in each constituency gets elected and candidates from other parties did nothing for their votes in that area. but how disproportionate is this resolved and relative to previous elections? that shows the vote shared in the seat shares of the party that won the most seats in each election since 1997. this is 2024 at the end. how does this gap in 2024 between the vote shared in the seat share compare historically. let's go all the way back to 1922. and this shows the 2024 gap and as you can see, is bigger than that every uk election going back a hundred years. but does this show

the system is in fair? political parties of the campaign within the voting system as it is in labour points out but he gets campaigning resources into certain seats to maximise its chances of winning a large number of seats rather than boosting its overall vote share and also vital to recognise voters may well the differently of the voting system was more proportional and by the way, a plan to replace the current system with an alternative vote system which advocates say the results could be more proportional to the nationals share of votes cast it was rejected by the public pretty come principally in the 2011 referendum. we'll see. iwill come principally in the 2011 referendum. we'll see. i will be back with more from downing street.

what it tells us about the vote share in scotland but before that, let's head to the sportscenter. notes germany have been knocked out by spain and more on that in a moment of the second quarterfinal match is going on right now between portugal and france and we have about half an hour and to the quarterfinals and it is goalless at the moment but it's been an entertaining game so far and this could go either way. the matches are 2016 final repeat which portugal one after extra time. which portugal won 1—0 — after extra time. well the winner will face spain in the finalfour — after they beat the hosts germany. after a goalless first half, spain took the lead early in the second through dani 0lmo that looked to be enough for spain until florian wirtz equalised in the 89th minute. and just when it lookd

like it was going to penalities, mikel merino scored spain's winner in the last minute of extra time. the other two quarter finals take place tomorrow. the netherlands play turkey — whilst england face switzerland. the match will be gareth southgate's 100th match in charge of england — but he insists he's only focused on reaching the semi finals. i'm very proud that it's the least important statistic of the week and no thing that matters is that it's a quarterfinal and my complete focus on trying to get our country into another semifinal and i'm sure in the years to come, i look back on that and reflect with great pride by the moment, yeah, it's the last thing on my mind. well southgate will have star manjude bellingham available for the match. he's been fined and given a suspended one—match ban for a gesture he made after scoring england's equaliser in the last round. bellingham denied it was aimed at slovakia — instead saying it was at friends of his in the crowd. it's been a busy day at wimbledon, the world number one

jannik sinner is on court right now playing for a place in the forth round and he's currently a set up against miomir keck—manovic. earlier, the defending champion carlos alcaraz scraped through. and in the women's draw, there were impressive wins for emma raducanu and coco gauff. chetan pathak reports. and so we have seen three us open champion safely reach the second week of these championships starting with carlos, last year possible is when it was in trouble and struggling in the fourth butjust like when they met in new york two years ago, firing shots at his opponent but powered through and five. struggling of form deserves huge credit for an impressive performance and again, itjust was not enough. emma found her self up against maria on the centre court

and just as when they met at the us open to year raducanu won it, this month with the british player and the ninth seed running into an informed raducanu who is playing the best tennis and she has not dropped a set in these championships and has the whole fans believing. someone else's people believing is cocoa producing of the british semifinalists rank 298 in the world but problems for coco gauff early on but problems for coco gauff early on but eased victory by the second is yet to drop a set as many people is favoured to win a set. daniel is yet to reach the second week previous to up to reach the second week previous to up but there match will have to continue on saturday because of the rain. it's the british formula one grand prix this weekend and lando norris headed both

practise sessions at a wet silverstone — a third of a second quicker than his maclaren team mate 0scar piastri. championship leader max verstappen was seventh fastest, well behind his red bull team mate sergio perez who was third on the timesheets. that's the sport. a day of big changes here at downing street with keir starmer naming his new cabinet and setting them to work straightaway. but there was one battle last night they did not go labour�*s way. islington north. was in islington north where the exiled former leaderjeremy corbyn won the seat as an independent. mr corbyn has represented the north london constituency for more than 40 years but he lost the whip for refusing to apologise for comments on an report into anti—semitism

during his leadership. 8,000 majority on a campaign that was only launched four weeks ago is astonishing. we did it because it was a people powered campaign. a campaign of hope and inclusion. we raised the issues of housing stress. of poverty, of the cruelty of the two child benefit cap. and we didn't get into the gutter of blaming refugees and migrants for the social problems of our society. what we pointed out was we need fundamental economic change. i'm very proud of the campaign we've ran and very proud of the result that we've achieved. and all the people that came to help showed that there is an attraction to politics that's inclusive of people of all ages and all communities, and putting forward a message of hope rather than fear. joining me now is reporter at the islington tribune, isabel loubser.

thank you for being with us and 40% forjeremy corbyn and he said he ran a good campaigning was the crux of this campaign? i a good campaigning was the crux of this campaign?— this campaign? i think the crux of his campaign _ this campaign? i think the crux of his campaign was _ this campaign? i think the crux of his campaign was people - this campaign? i think the crux of his campaign was people power l this campaign? i think the crux of. his campaign was people power and that was what he was trying to drive forward and you have to remember that he only launched his campaign six weeks ago and he was going up against this very well labour machine. but he ran the campaign based on data and they really had to build huge ways of identifying jeremy corbyn voters in getting this people out to vote for him and are the six weeks, he held many rallies and there is energy and hope and jeremy corbyn would say the reason that he ran and felt he had to run as an independent was because the

local islington north labour party were denied their democratic right to choose their own candidate after the national executive committee imposed the candidate over the process was overridden. residents defiance and hope of people coming together to elect somebody you have been with them for the past 40 years. i5 been with them for the past 40 ears. , , ., , been with them for the past 40 ears. ,, years. is usually successful politician — years. is usually successful politician and _ years. is usually successful politician and a _ years. is usually successful politician and a candidate, | years. is usually successful - politician and a candidate, winning a seat for labour at any general election since 1983 but the problem was, he could not translate that success in his constituency into success in his constituency into success in his constituency into success in downing street in the party suffering its worst defeat under him in 2019.1�*0111 party suffering its worst defeat under him in 2019.— under him in 2019. you would robabl under him in 2019. you would probably say _ under him in 2019. you would probably say that _ under him in 2019. you would probably say that he - under him in 2019. you would probably say that he got - under him in 2019. you would probably say that he got a - under him in 2019. you would i probably say that he got a really significant share of the vote in 2017 but we have to remember that

there's quite a difference between there's quite a difference between the constituency mp and being the leader of the major party whatever people might think of him as the leader of the labour party whether he was good or bad or inefficient for some people might say, like, not a good leader at all, people when you walk around islington north, you just hear words of how people got asylum claims and housing claims in getting into work and those are the stories that really matter and it depends what you want out of a local mp, 51 depends what you want out of a local mp, s1 some advocate for you, and jeremy corbyn can be seen as one of the most successful mps and those really shown through the fact that he got over 7000 of the vote majority last night.— he got over 7000 of the vote majority last night. thank you for ex-ilainin majority last night. thank you for explaining that — majority last night. thank you for explaining that it _ majority last night. thank you for explaining that it bring _ majority last night. thank you for explaining that it bring that - majority last night. thank you for explaining that it bring that into i majority last night. thank you for| explaining that it bring that into a bit of context for us there in the phone is probably not

stop drinking as the prime minister takes calls from leaders around the world congratulating him on his victory —— bringing. world congratulating him on his victory —— ringing. let's take a look now at how a labour government will be recieved in the united states. earlier, president biden congratulated keir starmer in a phonecall where the two leaders spoke about theirjoint support for ukraine in its war against russia, and their shared commitment to protecting peace in northern ireland. joining me now is bbc correspondent tom bateman who's in washington. as expected, world leaders are calling london to congratulate keir starmer and i wonder what their relationship will look like given the joe relationship will look like given thejoe biden faces his own reelection challenge in november.

wouldn't a cute moment for that call to happen for mr biden who has been on the plane over to wisconsin breeze giving a campaign rally a really the eyes of america on the president at the moment because of that disaster debate performance last week that he gave, faltering, forgetful and mounting questions of a crisis within his own party but his potential to carry on doing the job and continue being the democratic nominee to face donald trump and there's an awful lot of scrutiny on the us president right now and in the midst of that is revealed on air force one and at cagle there, it was where he congratulated keir starmer on the phone and a readout from the white house is come out in the last hour orso house is come out in the last hour or so and you have a bit of a detail of her will be discussed and some of the things you would expect to be in

this type of statement, the us talking about reaffirming the special relationship between the us and the uk and it stimulates the importance of diplomatic reasons to feel a closeness to the united states and on the matter of substance, major mentions were around ukraine support and continuing relationship and protecting the good friday agreement and remember the end of the troubles in the late 90s in northern ireland was part brokered by the us senator george mitchell impacted if the subject very close to present biden's heart because it irish heritage there was a significant mention of that and protecting the fact that devolved government was result restored in northern northern

ireland and they'll come next week when keir starmer had served a washington for the nato summit with the americans would be looking for from him is the absolute commitment to keep up arms supplied to ukraine and to keep uk's military spending at a level of the us wants and it's not clear at the moment they will get an absolute guarantee about that. . ., get an absolute guarantee about that. . ,, , ., get an absolute guarantee about that. . ~' , ., , get an absolute guarantee about that. . ,, y., , . get an absolute guarantee about that. . ,, , ., , . ., that. take you very much, tom itateman _ that. take you very much, tom itateman in _ that. take you very much, tom bateman in washington - that. take you very much, tom l bateman in washington between that. take you very much, tom - bateman in washington between the us president in our new prime minister. looking at the numbers and folks another let's take a look at the election result in scotland now where labour stormed to victory, overturning the scottish national party's 2019 majority. if you take a look at the result from then, scotland was dominated by snp yellow with only one labour seat in edinburgh south. but now the picture couldn't be more different — the central belt has turned almost completely red, with labour gaining

36 seats and the snp reduced to just nine — with one seat still to declare. the first ministerjohn swinney described the result as very difficult and challenging. 0ur scotland editorjames cook has the story. applause. in dramatic, emphatic fashion, scottish labour is back. they swept the board here in glasgow, a moment for which they have waited nearly a decade. people across glasgow, scotland and the uk have voted for change. as the clock ticked at night, it slowly dawned on the snp this was notjust a bad dream. it was a nightmare. there is no doubt this has been a very difficult election, and the snp has some serious questions to answer. what are they? i think we need to reflect on the fact that during this campaign, the biggest concern of voters was the cost of living crisis, and unfortunately, when voters were concerned with that, or they were hearing was discussion about luxury campervans and ipads.

a reference to two very different investigations into snp finances and an msp's expenses. and for the leader, questions about his focus on independence. i want to make it clear that i take full responsibility for the scottish national party campaign and the outcome that has been achieved stop that is what leadership is about. you plan your campaign and you take responsibility for it when it is completed. the one brought more than a splash of red to clydeside. at the last election, labour had just one scottish mp. now we need a wide angle lens to fit them all in. let me be really clear. the vote last night was not about independence, and i say directly to people who may have voted snp in the past, may have voted for independence in the past or may even be thinking about voting for independence at some point in the future.

i want to deliver change for you. i don't support independence or a referendum, but i recognise people demand change. labour's winning message was that it could deliver change. across the uk, it might have five years or so to prove to voters that it can deliver it, but across scotland, there is a more urgent deadline. the scottish parliamentary elections are just two years away. the problem is, it may need to win that election before it can even tackle some of the country's biggest concerns. educational attainment gap is widening, health outcomes are weak, child poverty is stubbornly high. all of these things so that we are not progressing as a society, and that's a job for the labour party now, to fix that. there was a consolation prize for the snp, who unseated the scottish conservative leader, who had announced his resignation in the middle of the campaign. obviously deeply disappointed. what we knew would be a risk here was the reform vote allowing the snp in via the back door,

and so far, i think this is the highest reform but we have seen in scotland, almost 15%, and that is the risk. the snp had got used to winning. it is painfully obvious how much losing hurts. james cook, bbc news, glasgow. so so that is still officially the line and the reason of confusion is the s&p candidate, that is still announcing its result and the candidate has conceded that it cannot be officially confirmed until tomorrow and officially declare the outcome of the constituency but the snp candidate conceding that it likely goes to the liberal democrats

and the scottish liberal democrats are with us and former director of communications for the scottish conservatives and starting with you on that, one more seed coming your way as the snp conceded defeat in the constituency. a strong night for the constituency. a strong night for the scottish liberal democrats. and the scottish liberal democrats. and it is a strong — the scottish liberal democrats. fific it is a strong fight back, particularly in key historic areas for the lib dems and actually, under the ironic things are a party that is so hard for representation is it actually has a proportional number of seats just now. find actually has a proportional number of seats just now.— actually has a proportional number of seats just now. of seats 'ust now. and out good was a niiht of seatsjust now. and out good was a ni . ht for of seatsjust now. and out good was a night for the _ of seatsjust now. and out good was a night for the lib _ of seatsjust now. and out good was a night for the lib dems _ of seatsjust now. and out good was a night for the lib dems and - of seatsjust now. and out good was a night for the lib dems and it - of seatsjust now. and out good was a night for the lib dems and it was i a night for the lib dems and it was terrible for the conservatives in

scotland and how would you assess your shelling last night. the scotland and how would you assess your shelling last night.— your shelling last night. the votes were stacked _ your shelling last night. the votes were stacked up _ your shelling last night. the votes were stacked up to _ your shelling last night. the votes were stacked up to its _ your shelling last night. the votes were stacked up to its and the - were stacked up to its and the seller one back but it was not a strong showing across the board and there are still many seats where the lib dems are coming fifth and six and extra work has to done for the next time. ~ . . and extra work has to done for the next time-— and extra work has to done for the next time. ~ . . , , ., next time. michael let me bring you in at this point. _ next time. michael let me bring you in at this point. a _ next time. michael let me bring you in at this point. a terrible _ next time. michael let me bring you in at this point. a terrible night - in at this point. a terrible night and rebuilding the recriminations of already begun and how do the conservatives in scotland rebuild from here?— from here? douglas ross in the middle of the _ from here? douglas ross in the middle of the election, - from here? douglas ross in the middle of the election, he - middle of the election, he was contacted to stand down after the election_ contacted to stand down after the election itself and align already

been _ election itself and align already been drawn in terms of the lead up communion — been drawn in terms of the lead up communion that is already being announced in the party has to take stock— announced in the party has to take stock in _ announced in the party has to take stock in a — announced in the party has to take stock in a lot of debate about how to cope _ stock in a lot of debate about how to cope with the thrust of reform in terms _ to cope with the thrust of reform in terms of— to cope with the thrust of reform in terms of them coming in to the arena so quickly— terms of them coming in to the arena so quickly and in terms of their embrace — so quickly and in terms of their embrace reform and move towards the centre _ embrace reform and move towards the centre and _ embrace reform and move towards the centre and i_ embrace reform and move towards the centre and i think certainly in scotland. _ centre and i think certainly in scotland, obviously, your show highlighted earlier on how the number— highlighted earlier on how the number of seats in scotland and scottish — number of seats in scotland and scottish conservatives and from that point of _ scottish conservatives and from that point of view, it held up compared to the _ point of view, it held up compared to the rest— point of view, it held up compared to the rest of the uk the problem is the party— to the rest of the uk the problem is the party is — to the rest of the uk the problem is the party is always going to be influenced by events down south in rishi sunak did say that the number

of issues _ rishi sunak did say that the number of issues down there that affected the party— of issues down there that affected the party that yeah, a new leader under— the party that yeah, a new leader under way— the party that yeah, a new leader under way soon and so, they can atways— under way soon and so, they can atways take _ under way soon and so, they can always take on a new style of leadership and move forward and take stock of— leadership and move forward and take stock of where they are and views from _ stock of where they are and views from downsides as well. time stock of where they are and views from downsides as well.— from downsides as well. time is ti . ht from downsides as well. time is tiiht but from downsides as well. time is tight but it _ from downsides as well. time is tight but it is — from downsides as well. time is tight but it is good _ from downsides as well. time is tight but it is good to _ from downsides as well. time is tight but it is good to have - tight but it is good to have you with us and we'll talk more on this throughout the days and weeks to come as particularly in scotland right now for the conservatives, they would take stock and rebuild but true of course you're in england, rishi sunak beckons constituency in north yorkshire in politics is pretty brutal and the handover of power was quick and will have all the latest headlines for you at the top of the hour but continuing coverage here on bbc news. hello, thanks forjoining me. friday brought somewhat of a mixed bag of weather.

the weekend is upon us. let's see what's in store. well, you guessed it — another mixed bag with sunshine and showers. quite breezy and rather on the cool side, something we've been used to for quite some time now. so, here's the forecast then for the evening hours. a weather front in the south of the country. this is where the wettest of our weather has been so far through friday, and more of that to come through friday evening and into saturday. now, the forecast shows the rain in the south, and indeed the radar confirms that, you can see rain across southwestern england into central southern england, but the dry conditions further north. and we could have some clear spells overnight across the north east of england, maybe central scotland, but elsewhere, i think a good chance of encountering some rain. the temperatures first thing

in the morning will be around 13 in the southeast of the uk, but further north where the skies will have cleared overnight, outside of town at least, it could be as low as six degrees celsius. so, saturday itself, well, we've already established that it's going to be a mixed bag with sunshine and showers. really big clumps of rain, i think, early in the morning, but then they'll give way to some sunny spells. but it will be a very blustery day, too, particularly around these south eastern coasts — gusts of 40mph or so. i think eventually, second half of the afternoon, the best of the weather and most prolonged spells of sunshine out towards the west. wimbledon, then — yes, showers are expected, some of them could be heavy, and there's also going to be a good breeze blowing out of the west. and i think further showers are likely on sunday. and in fact as one low pressure pulls away, —

so that's what we wiil have had on saturday — this next weather front slips in off the atlantic and delivers us showers at least early in the day across the west of the uk. then the showers will move eastwards, and then actually, there'll be further showers building inland anyway through the course of the afternoon — could even be the odd crack of thunder. look, we're not even making 20 celsius anywhere in the uk. it'll be typically around 16—18 degrees, so mixed bag on the way this weekend. and that changeable, relatively cool theme continues into the week ahead. perhaps a gentle rise in the temperature, something closer to what we'd expect earlyjuly. that's it. bye— bye. a new prime minister for the united kingdom — as keir starmer leads labour to a landslide

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a new prime minister for the united kingdom — as keir starmer leads labour to a landslide election victory. changing a country's not like flicking a switch, but have no doubt that the work of change begins immediately. the prime minister appoints labour mps to key cabinet positions — rachel reeves becomes the first female chancellor. set to work straightaway. angela rayner is named deputy prime minister, david lammy foreign secretary and yvette cooper is home secretary. what is next for the conservatives? liz truss amongst a series of high profile people to lose their seat. rishi sunak is stepping down as party leader. i am sorry. i have given thisjob my all, but you have sent a clear signal that the government of the united kingdom must change, and yours is the only judgment that matters.