Were expecting to hear from the Prime Minister shortly outside number ten. Labour performed poorly, losing 59 seats, many of them in places theyve held for decades. Jeremy corbyn says hell stand down as leader early next year. I think 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. A strong result for the snp, who now hold 48 seats out of 59 in scotland. Leader Nicola Sturgeon says it sends a clear message for a second independence referendum. Liberal democrat leaderjo swinson quits, after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. Iam i am proud to have been the first woman to lead the liberal democrats. Iam even woman to lead the liberal democrats. I am even more proud that i will not be the last. We will go original this hour, looking at the West Midlands, where the tories had a good
Government in Northern Ireland. The future of south africas president , jacob zuma, hangs in the balance as the governing anc party meets to discuss next steps. And, lucky to be in one piece, team gb snow boarder aimee fuller has her dreams dashed as vicious cross winds affect todays winter olympics. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that penny lawrence has resigned as deputy chief executive of oxfam, saying she takes full responsibility for the behaviour of staff in chad and haiti, which the charity had failed to act upon adequately. It follows allegations of Sexual Misconduct by Disaster Relief staff following the Haiti Earthquake in 2010. Penny lawrence said she was ashamed this had happened on her watch. representatives from oxfam have been meeting the International Development secretary, penny mordaunt, whos threatened to withdraw the charitys government funding. Our correspondent matt cole has the latest. In the worst imaginable circumstances, oxfam staff were meant to be in haiti