Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said he will step back from frontline politics after a new leader is chosen for the Labour Party.

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The general election would have resulted in a hung parliament, with the Tories winning just 288 seats and the Lib Dems way up on 70 if the UK had used proportional representation, research shows.

Former Conservative cabinet minister Lord Heseltine has said the campaign to remain in the EU has lost and it will be 20 years before the issue of rejoining the bloc is raised.

Former Labour MPs and party veterans have rounded on Jeremy Corbyn after the party's worst election result since the 1930s.

Lily Allen appears to have deleted her Twitter account after linking Boris Johnson's election victory with racism.

Jeremy Corbyn's three sons have slammed the "despicable attacks" on their father hours after the Labour leader announced he would step down following a bruising election defeat.

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Boris Johnson is set for a victory lap in the north of England to meet with newly elected MPs as he celebrates his party's biggest election win in 30 years.

Boris Johnson has thanked voters for backing the Conservative Party in Sedgefield, a seat once held by former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.