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The exit poll which correctly predicted a hung Parliament was a surprise to Labour’s top team, it has emerged.
Attacks on the Labour leaders alleged links with the IRA by the Conservative party backfired and handed votes to Jeremy Corbyn, senior party members believe.
Jeremy Corbyn has received plaudits from a number of his fiercest in-house critics, after defying expectations to increase Labour’s seat haul.
Arlene Foster has said the DUP will use the ten seats they won at the election to bring “stability” to the UK, after the Conservatives failed to achieve an overall majority.
Reacting to the result of the general election today (Friday 9 June), Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: “Theresa May fought an underhand, depressing campaign and has been well and truly humbled. People do not want Tory business as usual, they do not want a politics built on fear that spreads despair, and they certainly do not want a lame duck prime minister.
Responding to the general election results, the National Federation of Builders (NFB) urges all parties to work cooperatively and get on with the job of fixing broken housing policies.
Nicola Sturgeon has said the SNP must reflect on a night of “bitterly disappointing losses” after losing some of its key Westminster figures.
The construction sector could be left vulnerable to the negative effects of political uncertainty following the indecisive result of the General Election, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).
Missing the cut and thrust of campaigning already? Thought so. Luckily PoliticsHome is on hand with some of the parties' highlights and low-lights over the past seven weeks.
In the final two days of the snap election campaign, I followed Theresa May on a whistle stop tour of Britain. She visited a farmhouse, a home store and a science festival and held numerous planned 'chats' with friendly voters. She took questions from journalists 19,000 feet in the air on a private jet and was lucky enough to meet a "really good" boules player. All in all she covered almost 800 miles and stopped in nine marginal constituencies... and it was dry.
Labour almost matched the Conservatives in big donations in the fourth week of the election campaign after the Tories dominated previous periods, new figures reveal.
The University of Exeter assess the role of digital marketing and campaigning has played in the General Election and asks if this area must now be better regulated.
Technology experts from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) are calling for the new Government to embrace the latest technology and ensure future general elections can be conducted using electronic voting.
The Conservatives are proposing a new Mental Health Treatment Bill which would support mental health programmes in schools and workplaces, as well as providing 10,000 new mental health professionals in the NHS by 2020, says Nicky Morgan.
Former Lib Dem Director of Campaigns Lord Rennard assesses the local election results last week and looks at the likelihood of a Liberal Democrat revival in the party's former heartlands.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is warning political parties against standing in the way of the UK’s millions of self-employed strivers with post-election tax hikes, including National Insurance.
Like most of Westminster, Bernard Jenkin was left stunned by the announcement of a snap election. He talks to Agnes Chambre about the ‘fiction’ of the Fixed Term Parliament Act and the risks of foreign interference in UK polls
Ahead of the Northern Ireland electorate going to the polls on 2 March 2017, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Ireland has put together a wish list for the top priorities facing the incoming Executive.
With Ukip pledging to run their “most professional” campaign yet in Stoke, and the race in Copeland too close to call, Labour insiders fear both seats are under serious threat.
As elections for a number of the British Veterinary Association’s (BVA) regional representatives open (23 January), BVA President Gudrun Ravetz called on the Association's 16,000-plus members to make their vote count and ensure that there are strong voices on BVA Council representing the views of vets working in all regions of the UK.
Following calls from Labour MPs to not put up a candidate in Richmond Park, John Spellar rejects the proposal and argues his party should not form a progressive alliance with the Liberal Democrats.
Saga UK responds to new research by the Resolution Foundation, which suggests the older generation's large population and high turnout gave them a significant "ballot box advantage" against younger voters and tries to stoke up inter-generational tension
Labour MP John Mann blasts Owen Smith's 'predictable' leadership campaign as a 'shambles'.
Jeremy Corbyn is “puzzled” as to why anyone should think him a “shabby, spineless coward” for failing to make Labour’s case for Remain ahead of the EU referendum.