Follow the latest updates as it's confirmed Sir Keir Starmer will be the next prime minister, returning Labour to power after a 14 year absence.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is on his feet in central London, addressing crowds just minutes after a Labour majority was confirmed.He begins by simply saying 'thank you', to tremendous applause.'We did it', he says. 'You campaigned for it, you fought for it - and now it has arrived.'Change begins now.'Sir Keir adds that 'across our country, people will be waking up to the news - relieved that a weight has been lifted'.
'The Labour leader, soon to be prime minister, says that this mandate comes with a 'great responsibility'. Meanwhile, Labour continues to win more seats - now holding 343.'There's nothing preordained in politics,' he says. 'Election wins don't fall from the sky - they are hard won, and hard fought for.'This one could only be won by a changed Labour Party.
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