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One of the challenges facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government is reforming a costly and dysfunctional asylum system. Rob McNeil, deputy director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, spoke to FRANCE 24 on the new government’s possible next steps to address record levels of irregular migration…

Keir Starmer’s broad but shallow victory means it will spend five years fighting off challenges from the right and left

Some disenfranchised voters submitted a protest vote for Reform fearing immigration wouldn’t be slowed

New PM says government ‘will fight, every day, until you believe again’ and give security to working-class families

Nigel Farage’s party won more than 4m votes and came second in 98 seats, of which 89 were won by Labour

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer has the Commons strength to be daring. That means fulfilling hopes he did little to excite

Party leader and newly elected MP claims ‘political establishment are in fear’ after election results

Exit poll began celebrations at party HQ and Tate Modern that culminated in Keir Starmer’s walk into Downing Street

In today’s newsletter: Whether it was a new government, the success of independents, or a farewell to Truss, in the end this election had something for everyone

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

Party figures worry a drawn-out race would benefit Nigel Farage, though others want a longer process