Declared, the conservatives have 318 seats, labour are on 261. That means the ten seats won by the dup are crucial. They agree to help theresa may form a government but at what price . The Prime Minister has spoken with me this morning, and we will enter discussions with the conservatives, to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. The snp remain the Largest Party in scotland but with big losses. Former party leader alex salmond loses his seat. Ukip are wiped off the map. They fail to win a single seat and the party leader quits. The election was called to strengthen the Prime Ministers hand over brexit, so where does this leave the negotiations now . Well bring you more on that and all the latest from Downing Street on this most unexpected of election results. Much more news and analysis throughout the day. Reaction from around the uk, europe and the rest of the world, and we will be covering live events as they happen. Good evening and welcome to the bbcs news at six here in Downing Street. Yet again, an unexpected election result and a massive political upset perhaps we should be getting used to it. We have a Hung Parliament with no Party Winning enough won seats for a majority. This was the election theresa may called to strengthen her hand as Prime Minister in the brexit negotiations. Instead her position is critically weakened she lost seats and has had to strike a deal with Northern Irelands Democratic Unionist Party to enable the conservatives to form a government. Labour made dramatic gains not enough to oust the conservatives but they surpassed all expectations at the beginning of the campaign. So here are the final results. With all but one seat declared, the tories have 318 seats, eight short of a majority. Labour has 261 mps, the snp 35, the Liberal Democrats 12 and the dup ten. Far from increasing their number of mps, the tories lost 12 seats. Labour gained 29, while the snp saw their number of mps go down by 21. She is still Prime Minister and still the resident of the building behind me but many are asking for how long . This afternoon mrs may apologised to those tory candidates who lost their seats and said she wanted to reflect on how to take the party forward. Well bring you all the details and big moments of last night, the story from right around the uk and the implications for both brexit and scottish independence. But first, heres our Political EditorLaura Kuenssberg on a night, and day, of drama. Her report contains flash photography. Is this strong and stable, Prime Minister . She who dares does not always win. The most votes, the most seats, but under this stinging glare, no iron gates, nor Police Protection can shield theresa may from the accusation she looks a political loser. The trappings of power, the visit to the palace. Help from Northern Irish mps means she can gather enough support to stay on. But having believed herself to be on the brink of a sizeable majority, going backwards seems like defeat. I have just been to see her majesty the queen, and i will now form a government. A government that can provide certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. This government will guide the country through the crucial brexit talks that begin injust ten days. Not a single mention of the result. What the country needs more than ever is certainty, and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the general election, it is clear that only the conservative and Unionist Party have the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the house of commons. This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful brexit deal that works for everyone in this country. Securing a new partnership with the eu which guarantees our long term prosperity. Thats what people voted for last june. Thats what we will deliver. Now lets get to work. So theresa may walks back into number 10 still Prime Minister, but damaged, diminished, a smallerfigure. Jeremy corbyn is not the victor. Labour lost as badly as they did in 2010. But, he looks it. Behind by more than 60 seats, but so much further on than anyone had expected. Many young voters dreams, the tories nightmare. Incredible result for the labour party, because people voted for hope. Young people and old people all came together yesterday, very high turnout with huge increase in the labour vote. They did it because they want to see things done differently and more hope in their lives. Coffee for tory staffers this morning instead of celebratory champagne. The loss of so many seats burst their balloons. Are you stepping down, mrs may . Traditional Election Rules showed few clues to theresa mays retreat. Does your party need a new leader . Should it be you . By morning, words in the wind of ministers who might think of their own manoeuvres. Because what was surprise at the start. And what we are saying is that the conservatives are the Largest Party. Note they do not have an overall majority at this stage. Gradually, seat after seat was glorious shock for labour. Loss after loss for the conservatives. No obvious pattern or geography to start with. Cheering but a Hung Parliament. Well keep the red flag flying with no overall winner becoming clear. Cheering we cannot see any way at all that the conservatives can get to the 326 mark, and we think it is pretty clear that there is going to be a Hung Parliament. Was he grabbing a victory of sorts . Well, over the sceptics in his party. Politics isnt going back into the box where it was before. What had seemed her unassailable lead at the start just melted away. Personal as well as political loss. Written all over her face. As we ran this campaign, we set out to consider the issues that are the key priorities for the british people. The tories care about winning. It wasnt long for the first call for her to go. Shes a very talented woman. She does not shy from difficult decisions, but she now has to, obviously, consider her position. But no others publiclyjoined. Discipline, perhaps, orsome cheer from tories big wins in scotland. A separate campaign fought with 13 seats one. Levels of support not seen for years. The tories and Labour In Scotland dragged the snp down from their high point. The bubble pricked, even for alex salmond. Other parties took heavy fire. The Liberal Democrats adding seats, but losing their biggest household name. Perhaps loved and loathed . Paul andrew nuttall, ukip. And in reverse, another ukip leader took his leave. No party, though, can govern alone. Meet the ten strong Democratic Unionist Party, Northern Irish mps who will prop theresa may up. The Prime Minister has spoken with me this morning. We will enter discussions with the conservatives to explore how it may be possible to bring stability to our nation. Others, though, calling for her to go. We will work with others, if it is at all possible, to keep the tories out of government. She put her party before her country. She has been found out. She should be ashamed. It is an act The Westminster Circus did not expect. I think labour mps have been shocked by how well we have done. A lot of them recognise thatjeremy is here and will take us into the next election. They will start to work with him. I think we witnessed a political earthquake. I am going to be the first, or second, or third person to say that jeremy has had a character explosion. You must accept though that a Hung Parliament makes the government less stable . I accept that this is not the result we wanted. It is not a great result. It should not be sugar coated as one. But the options, once the people have decided at the ballot box, this is the clear one that gives the country certainty. But only late this afternoon did the Prime Minister acknowledge that anything had gone wrong. I wanted to achieve a larger majority. But that was not the result that we secured. And i am sorry for all of those candidates and hard working Party Workers who were not successful. She won more votes, more seats. She keeps this address. But her gamble failed. The electorate can damn with faint praise. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, Downing Street. When the Prime Minister called the election she had a majority but wanted to increase it saying britain needed strong and stable leadership heading into the brexit negotiations. She took a risk and just seven weeks ago, it seemed almost certain to pay off. But how different it all looks today. She has lost 12 seats and with it her parliamentary majority. Our deputy Political Editor john pienaar looks at how theresa mays gamble failed. Who expected to hear or tell this tale today . The story of a leader and her party that felt unstoppable, at times seemed lost, then ended up mocked by enemies and seen by the rest as having gone from strong and sta ble to wea ken rest as having gone from strong and stable to weaken wobbly. Theresa may, top of her party but no longer in charge. There had been a turning point. It was awful. The campaign was going swimmingly well until we launched our own manifesto and did the triple assault on our core vote, the triple assault on our core vote, the elderly. Mrs may never looked like stumbling at the start. It was all about her, britains most trusted leader, most of all by older voters. We will deliver for britain. But a new social care policy left thousands, including natural conservative supporters, fearing Theirfamily Homes conservative supporters, fearing their family homes might conservative supporters, fearing Theirfamily Homes might go conservative supporters, fearing their family homes might go to conservative supporters, fearing Theirfamily Homes might go to pay ca re Theirfamily Homes might go to pay care bills Theirfamily Homes might go to pay ca re bills after Theirfamily Homes might go to pay care bills after they had gone. That forced a u turn, a u turn she unconvincingly tried to deny. Nothing has changed. Nothing has changed. We are offering a long Term Solution for the sustainability of social care for the future. But no one really believed it. Are you embarrassed by this u turn, Prime Minister . Tory poll rating suffered. Furious tories blamed her advisers, and theresa mays way of relying on them, fiona hill and and theresa mays way of relying on them, Fiona Hilland nick timoney, who is said to have come up with the vote loser of a planned. Will he last . Through the campaign, tv and radio appearances were dominated by a handful of trust administers, one in particular, who was sent to debate when her boss said no. Theresa may may not be here but i hope to make a good fist of it. Today, the focus is on tories who wa nt today, the focus is on tories who want more of a roll and more powerful the cabinet as a whole. Life is not going to be easy in future. Would a bit more Cabinet Discussion help . There have been a lot of complaints, a lot of feeling that things have been decided by a small group of people, ministers have not been consulted. I think the Prime Minister would be wise to Pay Attention to this feeling that ministers need to be included in all decisions. You know, any decision that affects their department, it is they are not consulted. Theresa may bosz and credit with voters seemed to fade the longer the campaign went on. Once, when she was defending tory spending plans. In the labour party manifesto, we know the figures dont add up. What is important. What about your own figures . Let the Prime Minister answer. Two Terrorist Attacks made this an election like no other. Mrs may claimed to be the leader to keep them safe but was challenged time and again about police cuts. Austerity was costing them support. Jeremy corbyn tapped into the feeling of Anti Austerities in the country and i picked that up on the doorstep. People were tiring of austerity and wanted something different. It is too late for theresa may to correct the failures of her campaign but there is time to pay the price, as she plans a Parliamentary Programme knowing that any thing that upsets mps risks a humiliating defeat. She had hoped to win freedom on brexit but the Danger 110w Win Freedom On Brexit but the danger now is that her hands may be tied. The Prime Ministers big gamble failed. Today, she has spoken of five more years in office but when you are under this kind of pressure, time can fly quickly between one crisis and the next. Labour are celebrating a better than expected election, confounding the gloomy predictions at the start of the campaign and gaining 29 seats. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn called it an incredible result. Our correspondent vicki young looks at where and how those labour gains were achieved. Oh, Jeremy Corbyn it wasnt victory, but to Jeremy Corbyn and his most ardent fans, it felt almost as sweet. Many had written him off. Instead, he delivered labours largest increase in the share of the vote since the war. His team say he offered voters hope, a positive vision. They want jeremys slogan when he stood as leader straight talking, honest politics. Thats what they want, they want someone to come forward and say, this is what i believe in, this is what i want to implement and this is what im going to do. And they support that type of politics. It was exactly what these huge, enthusiastic crowds wanted. All over the country, mr corbyn took his message. Our manifesto offers something very, very different. He promised higher pay, more free childcare, to scrap tuition fees, paid for by higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy. And when the results rolled in, it seemed that Younger Voters were behind the labour surge. The University City of canterbury, a seat which had been held by the conservatives for 100 years, now labour. Some think their success stemmed from videos on social media, which had tens of millions of views and shares. I think a lot of young people, as well, dont necessarily read all the newspapers that were kind of doing their Smear Campaign againstJeremy Corbyn, so i think people underestimated actually how effective sharing stories and photographs, how effective that was going to be. I pay the university fees, and for people it is just so refreshing to see Somebody Stick to his word. What do you think about his image and the campaign he ran . I think he did well. I mean, he did turn up to all the debates and stuff. Theresa may didnt. Ijust think that people are quite interested in his kind of antiestablishment rhetoric and how he has kind of always sat on the backbenches and just been fighting for small people, for the little man, for 35 years. Insiders here at labour hq say this result was absolutely a victory forJeremy Corbyn. They say he enthused voters, especially the young, by offering clear, popular policies. The question now is whether labour mps will finally accept his leadership. Last year, mr corbyn was challenged for the top job. Today, his former rival was eating humble pie. Well, i was clearly wrong in feeling that jeremy wouldnt be able to do this well, and i think he has proved me wrong and lots of people wrong, and i take my hat off. I dont know whatjeremys got, but if we could bottle it and drink it, wed all be doing very well. Others praise mr corbyns performance but point out that power is still some way off. We can win over former conservative voters, but we need to understand why, despite the fact that they often identify with our values, they didnt vote for us this time. And so, thats not a negative process, its a positive process, building on the leap forward that we had at this general election. Labour has now lost three general elections in a row. We arejust we are just walking down the street to our home now. Thank you, everybody, so much for coming. But the infighting of the past two years is forgotten, for now. Vicki young, bbc news, westminster. Halifax was a key marginal constituency in this election, a labour seat with a majority of just 428. It was high up the tory target list and theresa may launched her manifesto there. But last night, voters returned labours candidate to parliament, with a majority of more than 5,000. Our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to voters about the issues that mattered for them.