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Boris Johnson has said he will make the NHS an "overwhelming priority" during his renewed tenure in No. 10 following a political “earthquake” which which saw Labour support give way top a comfortable Tory majority.
However he has not extended the same olive branch to voters north of the border - telling Nicola Sturgeon he would not lend any support to a second independence referendum.
Meanwhile Jeremy Corbyn has refused to take responsibility for the worst Labour showing since 1935 - blaming Brexit for the party’s devastating defeat.
Hundreds of students could be denied vote due to registration error
Up to 200 students in Cardiff could be denied a vote in the general election this week due to registration errors.
Students who registered to vote say they were not told their applications had missing information – such as room numbers in addresses – which has made them “invalid”.
Cardiff Council said it had been unable to contact around 200 people who supplied incomplete addresses in their applications, to ensure they were registered in time for Thursday.
Inside Politics: Voters head to the polls after final pitches
After weeks on the campaign trail, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and the other party leaders will be joining voters at the polls today to cast their ballots in their own constituencies.
The airwaves will be politics-free until the polls close at 10pm, giving the candidates time to catch up on sleep for the long night ahead. Johnson will be thinking of his own constituency in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where he faces a strong challenge from Labour, while Jo Swinson, the Lib Dem leader, is also under pressure from the SNP in East Dunbartonshire. All eyes will be on that all-important exit poll at 10pm, kicking off a night that will decide the political fortunes of many.
David Cameron is trending on Twitter on polling day
After warning against the chaos of a government led by Ed Miliband back in 2015, David Cameron has now urged voters to back the Conservatives in the second general election since he quit in the earthquake result of the EU referendum in 2016.
But it's not going down well.
"Absolute Joke you are," posted the former Manchester United football player Gary Neville. "Started this mess and ran!"
Voters wading through flooded streets in Bermondsey
A burst water main in Bermondsey is apparently forcing voters to wade through water in order to reach the polling booths this morning.
Resident Hannah Tookey, tweeted: "It was too deep to wade through the middle, even in wellies."
SNP's Nicola Sturgeon votes in election
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has cast her vote in the General Election campaign.
The SNP leader was joined by her partner Peter Murrell, as well as the party's Glasgow East candidate David Linden, at Broomhouse Community Hall in Uddingston.
Greta Thunberg urges the public to vote 'for the planet'
What time will key seats declare their results and when is the exit poll?
Put the kettle on, it is going to be a long night.
After weeks of dodgy photo opportunities, awkward encounters with voters and little sleep, 650 parliamentary candidates are waiting for voters to decide their fate.
Election nights always provide surprises, and this poll is likely to be no exception.
So if you are worried about missing anything, here is our guide for the moments worth staying up for.
Final poll shows Tories with 11-point lead over Labour
The final opinion poll for the general election - by Ipsos MORI and the Evening Standard - shows the Conservatives on 44%, Labour on 33%, Liberal Democrats on 12%, the Greens on 3% and the Brexit Party on just 2%. The poll was undertaken before voting opened in the general election this morning.
Gideon Skinner, Head of Political Research at Ipsos MORI, said: “Labour has squeezed the Liberal Democrat vote share over the course of the campaign, but our final poll suggests this has not been enough to prevent the Conservatives scenting victory. Overall, the Conservatives have managed to keep their vote from 2017 more successfully than Labour, while Boris Johnson retains his lead over Jeremy Corbyn as the most preferred PM.
"The country is not unanimous though, with clear splits by age as well as by other groups, and the number of people who said they might still change their mind is slightly higher than in 2017, with potential for more switching between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. And despite a record number saying the election outcome is very important to them, there are signs that the public is not wholly enthusiastic about the choices they face from either party.”
UK heads to ballot box as polls open for ‘most important vote in a generation’
Polling stations have opened across the country for the “most important general election in a generation”.
After a campaign defined by Brexit, the NHS and accusations of bias and fake news, members of the public are casting their vote in the third general election in under five years.
The two largest parties have presented vastly different visions for the country, with Boris Johnson’s Conservatives focusing on Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour highlighting the health service and inequality.
The official exit poll, a joint survey for BBC News, ITV News and Sky News, will be announced as soon as voting closes at 10pm.
In 2017, the exit poll correctly predicted a hung parliament, while in 2015 it accurately projected that the Conservatives would be the largest party but failed to predict the small Tory majority in the final result.
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