We will all go now and a new leader will come in place, appoint a shadow cabinet. I will not be part of that shadow cabinet. I have done my bit. We need to move on at that stage with that new leader. Im Rachel Schofield with the rest of todays headlines. Journey times are being cut, more services and new routes added as part of major timetable changes on britains railways. The search for two remaining bodies resumes, following the volcanic eruption in new zealand. Crucial United Nations climate talks in madrid are continuing, with no sign that an agreement is imminent. And at 12 30pm, therell be an electioncast special, when adam fleming and the team look back at yesterdays result. Thats coming up here on the bbc news channel. Good afternoon and welcome to westminster. Borisjohnson is visiting the north of england today, hours after celebrating his partys biggest election win for 30 years by sweeping aside labour in its traditional heartlands. Were expecting to hear from the Prime Minister within the next half hour, and well bring you that live. Yesterday, he said he hopes the conservatives victory will bring closure to the Brexit Debate and let the healing begin. He won a commons majority of 80, his partys largest since 1987. In contrast, labour suffered its worst election result since the 1930s. Jeremy corbyn said he did everything he could to get labour into power but expects to stand down early next year when a successor has been chosen by the party. There are flashing images in this report by our political correspondent, nick eardley. Back in downing street but with a Political Landscape that has changed completely. Borisjohnson will now lead a majority government, giving him the numbers to make brexit happen, and space to reshape domestic policy too. A message to voters. I say thank you for the trust you have placed in us and in me, and we will work round the clock to repay your trust and to deliver on your priorities with a parliament that works for you. And then i want to speak also to those who did not vote for us or for me and who wanted and perhaps still want to remain in the eu, and i want you to know that we, in this one nation conservative government, will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards the other nations of europe. He won seats the tories have never ta ken before, some of them former labour heartlands and now he wants the country to move on. Reporter are you going to resign, mr corbyn . Labour, meanwhile, licks its wounds after a disastrous night, its worst election tally for 80 years. Some Wantjeremy Corbyn to go soon. He says he will quit, but not until the new year. The responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing, and i wont do that. I will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. The lib dems have reflecting to do, too. They lost seats, including leader jo swinson, replaced by the snps candidate in eastern dunbartonshire. The snp made big gains and Scottish Independence will climb back up the agenda. Last night, borisjohnson told nicola sturgeon, in a phone call, that the last independence vote should be respected, but the Scottish First minister says she has a mandate from voters. Now, i acknowledge that not absolutely everybody who voted snp yesterday is ready to support independence. Whether or not scotland becomes an independent country must be a matter for the people who live here. So not everything will be plain sailing for Prime Ministerjohnson, but, with a big majority, he has a lot more power and a much bigger opportunity to govern as he wants. Nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. Earlier, i spoke to new conservative mp for wrexham, sarah atherton. She is the first ever tory mp for the area, and i asked her whether she was suprised by the scale of the conservative victory in her constituency and across the country. From day one, we were getting a really positive response in wards where we would not ordinarily have got that support, and what they were clearly saying is that they want brexit delivered, with 59 of wrexham voting to leave. I think they became more angry as time went on and that wasnt delivered and, secondly, they wanted the democratic will of the people upheld. When you say they wanted brexit done, what are they expecting will improve in their daily lives as a result . What they want is that we can move on, because all the focus, including here in wales, is on brexit. Talk is brexit, brexit, 21w, here in wales, is on brexit. Talk is brexit, brexit, mn, and feel that other issues have been neglected, and. But brexit is an argument that was foisted on the country by the conservative party so, apart from the arguments and division, which we know about, in practical terms, what will brexit deliver for your constituents that improves their daily lives . 1. 9 billion has been offered from the daily government to the welsh Labour Government to the welsh Labour Government to the welsh Labour Government to improve our Health Service so, until brexit is delivered, these sort of pledges of money cant come into wales, we cant further the north wales growth deal or employment opportunities, we cant further Business Opportunities and to further growth. We cant do that until this is completed. Why cant let money be pledged regardless of brexit happening . Because focus is on getting brexit done. But that was a conservative party row, effectively, that was put to the country at the country voted. What i dont understand is what your constituencies have said they think their lives will improve from as a result from brexit happening. Because, as i said, furtherfocus, support, concentration, money will then be released through a democratic parliamentary process, and that money can then be spent on the services they want to see improved. A new conservative mp in wrexham. Labour lost many seats in its traditional heartlands yesterday and the shadow chancellor John Mcdonnell was asked earlier about the position of theJeremy Corbyn and why the labour leader isnt stepping down immediately. There is always an interim before a new leader is elected so what better than to put the current team in, because there will be a queens speech and a budget as well, use that expertise for the interim period, but also allow the rest of the party to engage in that thorough debate about the future and the new leader, and it will be a constructive debate. We will learn lessons and listen to people about what went right and wrong, and then be ready. My fear is that we have got a long haul now, possibly five yea rs. Got a long haul now, possibly five years. The choices that we face are still there, huge, grotesque levels of inequality and, secondly, the issue that never really emerged in the election campaign, which was kind of changing this existential threat. That must be our priority of brexit, we will see what the government brings back in terms of negotiations, but the people decided we need to implement that, but we had to get the best deal to protect jobs and the economy to stop the overwhelming issue was brexit, thats the first thing, and the labour party were caught on the horns of a dilemma. I am example of this, we had a party which was largely supportive of remain, but many of us represented leave constituencies, so we could gone one way, to leave, that we would have alienated a lot of our remain support, if we went for remain, wed alienate a lot of our leave support. We tried to bring the country together and it failed. We have to accept that, take it on chin and move on. No leadership coming in, i think it will enable us to move forward on the key issues, getting a brexit deal that works for all of us, tackling these grotesque levels of inequality, and the big one is Climate Change, and my fear is five yea rs of Climate Change, and my fear is five years of a fossil fuel backed government, under Boris Johnson, means we will miss this five year opportunity of saving our planet. The small mining town of leigh in Greater Manchester had been a labour seat for decades, but on thursday night it turned from red to blue. In a night that saw political allegiances switch across the country, the town elected their first ever conservative mp. James grundy said hed expected to lose with dignity, but are his constituents as shocked as he was . Jayne mccubbin has been to find out. If you want to see how the blue wave crashed through the red wall, come here to leigh market and chat to people like john. Im the son of a miner. My dad was called a tunnel rat. Thats what he did. He put up steels in ttunnel. People would say he would turn in his grave voting tory, but im so glad i voted forjames grundy and not joanne platt. Lets give them a chance. Lets give grundy a chance. The norths political map, perhaps political soul, changed yesterday, with 2a constituencies voting tory for the first time in decades. When the result was announced, it was electric and then some. It was completely unexpected. Let me see your tongue youve gone all blue james says he ditched labour because they cant be trusted on the economy. And youre excited . A little, yes. It sounds weird, but yes. A year ago, no one would have thought this was possible. These constituents have had a labour mp since 1922. My names anne. Almost as long as annes family veg stall has been here and, until yesterday, the town had never had a tory mp. There is no law. What does that expression mean . What does that expression mean, anne . She is reluctantly supportive, not of the new government, but of the chance to cut through the parliamentary deadlock. I didnt actually vote to leave, but the choice was made, thats it, end of story, choice is made, get on with it and make the best of what weve got. Simple as. Im just fed up of it. And all of this is so significant, so extraordinary, it has brought an italian news crew to leigh market, to film an local delicacy and in a minute interview the new mp. Its quite a surprise, isnt it . Youre mp for leigh on italian tv yes, i think that sentence would perhaps come up in a sweepstake of the least likely things to be said to me because no one here is more surprised by james grundys success thanjames grundy. Have you learned anything . This is an interesting question. I learned that tiny communities far away from the big cities can think in a different way. Waiting in karens hairdressers, david says he started to think differently when his party stopped listening. I think labour have been very complacent in areas like this. For me, they were given a clear message at the beginning, that we wanted out. And, because theyve been messing around, weve again now given another clear message. We dont like corbyn and its that one person whos ruined it. We need to kick corbyn out, and then well be all right. But make no mistake, labour is farfrom dead here. How are you feeling about whats ahead, sofina . Sofina moved to leigh three years ago from dudley, where she was a labour councillor. But she agrees with Boris Johnson in two regards. Many labour votes here have simply been gifted to him on loan. And now is the time for healing. We can all live together regardless of our political aspirations. I really pray and hope that borisjohnson does live up to his promises because i know Jeremy Corbyn definitely would. Well, i also spoke to fleur anderson, the new labour mp for putney and labours only seat gain from the conservatives at this general election. I asked her whether the labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was a problem for her on the doorstep. People said to me, i will give you my vote, and many people also voted for more of the partys manifestos, whichJeremy Corbyn has brought us under his leadership, so there is a mixture of people. However, who we have as our next has to be determined by many different factors. But do you think it should be someone from the corbyn wing of the party or someone from a more Central Place in the labour party . I dont know. I think dividing ourself into corbyn and non corbyn, that kind of thing, i think that is divisive, and what we need is someone who can bring us together. So i dont vote along sectional lines, and i never have, and i wont be doing that. I will be looking at the different people and what they have to bring to our party, and i wont be ruling anyone out at all. But isnt that denying the obvious fact that this corbyn style of leadership has been a disaster electorally . No, its not. Lots of people voted for lots of different reasons, and every individual mp and potential leader brings a different amount of qualities to how they will lead the party. Really, in putney, we have said that we want a labour mp and a Labour Government, and i will be listening to all the reasons why people said that, and they are many different reasons, but it was a massively positive and Optimistic Campaign that we ran here. What we are saying to each other now in this campaign is, lets keep that going, lets keep that spirit of coming out on the streets. Its been an old fashioned, on the stump conversation by conversation campaign, and thats what we need to keep going in the labour party, and someone keep going in the labour party, and someone who will keep leaving us in that spirit of optimism and hope, and how we can actually have a Better Future. We dont have to shrug our shoulders and say, oh, austerity has to happen, schools have to have cuts, the nhs has to have to have cuts, the nhs has to have privatisation, we dont have to do that. So a leader that will enable us to do that is what we will all be looking for. The new labour mpfor all be looking for. The new labour mp for putney. Im joined by the political strategist john mcternan, who was tony blairs political secretary. Who is going to replace, and who should replaceJeremy Corbyn, in your view . In my view, Jess Phillips, somebody who has not been associated with the current leadership around Jeremy Corbyn or the leadership around ed miliband. They have had their time and theyve lost, we have now lost three elections in a row, four, if you catch 2010. I think it needs to be a new voice, a new face with new ideas, because we will need a lot of ideas, because we will need a lot of ideas in a post Brexit Britain. Everybody is obsessed with brexit. Housing challenge, social care for older people, pensions, there are all kinds of issues around us, Climate Change. We need new progressive ideas and a new person to be the figurehead. Would Jess Phillips get through the party is constituted . Dont the left have all the leaders, her plus the membership . Thats a good question, and the member should have control of the next leader, thats what the changes in the constitution of the party mean, and i think the membership have to ask themselves, do they see the world in left and right . So we have to choose a left leader even though we have gone four left in the last three elections even though weve lost every time . Or even though weve lost every time . 0rdo we even though weve lost every time . Or do we need a Labour Government, so or do we need a Labour Government, so the test is not of the leader, are you so the test is not of the leader, a re you left so the test is not of the leader, are you left or right, do i like you, but could you win a general election . From where we are, could you win the next election or could you win the next election or could you win the next election or could you win after the next election, the election after that . If you look at any of the names in the running, would any of those be able to match borisjohnson at would any of those be able to match Boris Johnson at the dispatch would any of those be able to match borisjohnson at the dispatch box or an election in five years . Thats a good question, and a good test for this. I thinkJess Phillips at the dispatch box with borisjohnson, that would be box office, because i think she has the quick wit, she has got the humour, and one way in which you can get underneath Boris Johnsons facade and politics is to be more quick witted than him. Johnsons facade and politics is to be more quickwitted than him. Boris johnson is in the north east today, and we are waiting for him to speak. Very savvy of them to capitalise on that massive victory up there. You know Dominic Cummings, who is credited with this. What do you make of what we will see with people like that at the helm . I think the thing the labour party should think hard about is that we are obsessed with oui about is that we are obsessed with our leadership, our election defeat, with look to the past. The tories have us all focusing on brexit. Michael gove and Dominic Cummings are thinking about what post Brexit Britain looks like. Post Brexit Britain looks like. Post Brexit Britain will be a different economy, a different place. There is a tory government who are going to get demands from traditional labour seats. They will have to have a policy on bus services. In fact, the government said there would be a national bus strategy. Suddenly you will see labour like ideas coming out of the mouths of tories. That is the way you can see michael gove and Dominic Cummings together will try and consolidate their hold on labou