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What happens after polling day in the UK election?

When will the new prime minister take office and what happens during the first days of a new government?

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves becomes UK’s first female chancellor; former Tory chair says party faces ‘oblivion’ – as it happened

Rachel Reeves becomes first woman to hold post in 800-years as Angela Rayner named secretary of state for levelling up

The Guardian - UK

Final pleas, postal vote delays and dogs: British voters go to the polls

Party leaders make last-minute appeals to electorate as Labour heavily tipped to win overwhelming majority

The Guardian - UK

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Voters in a muddle over acceptable forms of photo ID

VOTERS have been hitting the polls over the last 12 hours to cast their ballots, but reports throughout the day have suggested many have run into…

The National (Scotland)

Invest in people, not in building more prisons, to cut reoffending

Letters: Readers on the crisis in the criminal justice system that has brought the prison and the probation service to the verge of collapse

The Guardian - UK

George Galloway Workers Party campaigner ‘assaulted outside polling station’

Police say a woman was assaulted in Rochdale town of Littleborough

The Independent UK

General election: Piers Morgan and Myleene Klass lead celebrities heading to the polls

Several household names have made trips to polling stations

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Should voting be made compulsory? The Week Junior's debate for kids

Not everyone in the UK makes use of their right to vote

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From Baldwin to Blair and more: the biggest landslides in British election history

With Labour predicted to win by a historic margin, here are some of the most dramatic victories of previous times

The Guardian - UK

Starmer on your soles and Thatcher on your teacup: we vote for the best, worst and weirdest election merch

Wear your politics on your sleeve – and the rest of your body – as political parties and indie sellers offer up everything from Keir Starmer flip-flops to a Margaret Thatcher mug

The Guardian - UK

Why won't King Charles and the royal family be voting in the general election?

The royal family do not vote out of convention rather than law because of their unique position in the UK state

Evening Standard

Pro-independence area may stick with SNP in tight contest

THE eve-of-election Savanta poll showing a three-point SNP lead in Scotland will have provided a timely boost for Martin Docherty-Hughes, the SNP…

The National (Scotland)

General Election result: When will we know who has won?

At what stage on election night will it become clear who is going to be the next Prime Minister?

Evening Standard

'Worrying': Almost half of voters think polling card is sufficient ID

NEARLY half of voters in the UK believe a polling card is sufficient ID for voting in the General Election, a poll has indicated.

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Scottish party leaders cast votes in General Election

SCOTTISH party leaders are among those who have been voting as the country goes to the polls in the General Election...

The Independent UK

What happens if Rishi Sunak loses his seat before general election result is called?

Is the PM expected to resign immediately if he loses his seat, and are there any circumstances in which he could remain in No 10?

The Guardian - UK

Pop the champagne, dance for your kids: if Labour wins, I’ll be celebrating like my parents in 1997

On 5 July, I want my son to see me happy and hopeful, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Evening Standard

OPINION - Victoria Starmer's absence from the campaign trail marks the end of the trophy first lady

Although tonight we are promised the exciting spectacle of democracy in full vigour, throwing off the fever of the last few weeks, we must admit the campaign itself has been rather unhealthy. Nonsense has been spouted. Policy has been under-discussed. Sir Ed Davey has felt obliged to court attention by…

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The Guardian - UK

Change postal voting laws to ease pressure on system, say UK election organisers

Delays prompt Association of Electoral Administrators to call for new timeline and powers to investigate reports of disfranchisement

Evening Standard

Why are UK general elections always on a Thursday?

The time is now as the country heads to the ballot box

The Independent UK

What are Keir Starmer’s biggest issues as he enters Downing Street?

The incoming prime minister’s in-tray will be more daunting than usual because of a rotten economic inheritance, writes Andrew Grice

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Now, let's hope Labour succeeds

It is axiomatic that oppositions don’t win elections, governments lose them. But the Conservative Party has done more than most to keep this political truism alive.

The Guardian - UK

Heroes, superheroes, and someone who lost to a lettuce – take the Thursday quiz

15 questions, plus a few jokes, every Thursday, regardless of whether there is an election or not. How will you fare?

Evening Standard

Parties battle to drive up London election turnout after Jeremy Corbyn holds final rally

Sir Keir Starmer voted in his safe constituency of Holborn and St Pancras, but other London seats are on a knife-edge

The National (Scotland)

How many seats does a party need to get a majority?

VOTERS will have heard a lot in recent days about whether any party is going to win a majority in the House of Commons.

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