General Election 2017: As it happened
Britain has a hung parliament after Theresa May's decision to hold a snap election catastrophically backfired.
After a night of shocks and surprises, the Conservatives failed to hold a clear majority in the House of Commons.
Theresa May has now confirmed that she intends to form a government with the DUP and lead Britain through Brexit negotiations.
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As it happened
12.51pm: Theresa May confirms she intends to form a government with the DUP and lead Britain through Brexit negotiations.
''What the country needs more than ever is certainty'', she said in an address to the nation outside Number 10.
Read Mrs May's full statement here
10.41am: Paul Nuttall resigns as UKIP leader
Paul Nuttall has resigned as leader of UKIP after the party suffered an abysmal defeat in the general election.
"I'm standing down today as the leader of UKIP with immediate effect," he said. "This will allow the party to have a new leader in place by the conference in September."
9am: Jeremy Corbyn reiterates calls for Mrs May to resign
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has repeated calls for Theresa May to resign as Prime Minister, insisting Labour is 'ready to serve this country'.
Speaking at Labour HQ, Corbyn said Labour had achieved an "incredible result", putting on more than three million votes and gaining seats all over the UK, but added that his party would do no deals or pacts.
8.30am: Nigel Farage hints at political comeback
8:14am: Political editor Robert Peston insists May will not resign
Theresa May will not resign as Prime Minister and Tory leader despite failing to win a majority, ITV's political editor Robert Peston has emphatically declared.
"She's not resigning, absolutely categorical!''
7:44am
ITV's political editor Robert Peston has told Good Morning Britain Theresa May will not resign following a tumultuous night for the Conservatives which saw the party lose its majority in the Commons.
6:52am
What does a hung parliament mean for Britain? Political journalist and associate editor of the Daily Mirror Kevin Maguire explains...
6:16am
Follow our political correspondents on Twitter for rolling updates on the election result and reaction from across the country.
6:04am
There are calls for Theresa May to resign after her decision to hold a snap election disastrously backfired.
The election ended in a hung parliament with no party holding an overall majority in the House of Commons.
Follow our special election coverage now on GMB
5.59am:
The race for Number 10 Downing Street has ended in a hung parliament following a eventful night of shocks and surprises.
5.41am
Journalists are camped outside Downing Street waiting for Mrs May's arrival. Watch our special election coverage live now on ITV.
4.55am
Home Secretary Amber Rudd narrowly retained her seat in Hastings and Rye with a slim 346 majority after early speculation she was poised to become the most senior Cabinet minister to lose out
4.20am
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond loses his Gordon seat to Conservative Colin Clark
4am
The Conservatives begin to overtake Labour. But can they get the 100 more needed for a majority?
3.20am
Theresa May keeps her seat in Maidenhead - but can she hold Government? Following win, Mrs May said if her party secures the most seats and votes "it will be incumbent on us to ensure that we have that period of stability, and that is what we will do".
Theresa May: Conservatives will ensure stability
3.05am
Jeremy Corbyn keeps his seat in Islington North. Accepting victory in Islington North, Mr Corbyn said voters had opted for hope and "turned their backs on the politics of austerity". Click here for Corbyn's full victory speech
2.45am
Former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg loses his seat in Sheffield to Labour.
2.30am
Theresa May is 'toast', according to former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, speaking to ITV News.
2.20am
SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson loses his seat in Moray to the Conservatives. He had held the seat since 2001.
1.55amLabour's in the lead but many more seats will start coming in thick and fast as time goes by. Will the Conservatives overtake in the early hours of Friday morning?
12am
The Conservatives get their first seat in Swindon North.
11.20pm
Nick Clegg rules out Lib Dems supporting Tory minority government, saying there's no 'meeting point' between two parties.
11pm
The first three seats to be declared are held by Labour in Newcastle Upon Tyne Central, Houghton and Sunderland South and Sunderland Central.
10.30pm
Labour MP Emily Thornberry says the Labour Party are 'prepared to be the next Government'. The Shadow Foreign Secretary told ITV News that if the exit polls are accurate and the Conservatives struggle to form a Government, Labour are 'prepared' to act.
10pm
Voting closes and the exit poll results predict a hung parliament - the Conservatives are in the lead, but not by enough seats to be in power. The poll predicts fewer seats than David Cameron's tories did in 2015. In fact, commentators are calling the result 'disastrous' for the Prime Minister. But will the real results follow through?
Meanwhile the pound has fallen, drastically.