After 14 years of Conservative rule, Sir Keir Starmer has taken the keys to 10 Downing Street, becoming just the fourth leader in UK Labour's history to win a majority in a general election.
Labour's triumph seemed inevitable for weeks. As exit polls were released at 10:00pm on Thursday night, it became clear the party was headed for a landslide victory.
The enormity of the Labour win came at the hands of a conservative party capitulation, with the incumbent Tories losing 244 seats. Elias Clure reports from London.
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