The Latest Breaking News from Boris Johnson

From the surprise decision to call a snap election to the divisions inside the doomed campaign machine

The likely main contenders to succeed Rishi Sunak, broadly ordered by their place on the political spectrum

In league with regional mayors, the prime minister can test good ideas in areas like housing. There is promising talent in Labour’s ranks too. Fast track it, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Oxfordshire town – the former seat of Michael Heseltine and Boris Johnson – has been a Tory seat from 1906 until now

The Lib Dems gained a record number of seats. That’s thanks to their leader’s fusing of policy with eye-catching, daring stunts, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey

Keir Starmer replaced Rishi Sunak as prime minister after an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Friday, a few hours after the Labour party's landslide victory in the UK general election. Starmer later unveiled his new cabinet, which included Britain's first female finance minister.

Antony Seldon critiques Rishi Sunak's leadership style, highlighting lack of vision and experience in governance.

He must do everything he can to make sure it is MPs, and not party members, who choose his successor, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

With nearly every constituency declaring, the Tories had lost 250 seats to stand on just 121 MPs, their worst result in history