welcome to bbc news. with just a few hours until polls open party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. 50 days after calling the general election theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a stronger, more prosperous britain. beginning his day in glasgow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn warned voters against five more years of austerity and pledged more spending on health and education, delivering hope, not fear. from north, south, east to west, they re having breakfast on the go, managing to find a moment for a sit down and a cuppa. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to win you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in east london. tomorrow is the big one. yes. talking about the conservatives promise to invest billions more in housing, roads and rail. with security dominating the campaign, late last night mrs may pledged to toughen
in northern ireland, said they would try to help the conservatives stay in power. in scotland, a challenging night for the snp as they lost a third of their seats and its former leader alex salmond was among those defeated. after a collapse in ukip‘s share of the vote and no mps, the party leader paul nuttall resigns. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may is trying to construct a new government and face the challenge of the imminent brexit process, having lost her majority in the house of commons, while labour made unexpected gains. the conservatives emerged from yesterday s election as the largest party, but with no parliamentary majority and they re hoping to rely on northern ireland s democratic unionists to stay in power. the prime minister said she felt sorry for colleagues who lost their seats and said she would reflect on the lessons. so this is the final outcome. the conservatives have 318 seats, eight short of a majority. labour has 262, the snp 35, the