Good morning colleagues,

Well, change is afoot. The Labour Party has won the UK general election in what looks like a landslide victory, with Keir Starmer now set to become prime minister.  Alliance’s Sorcha Eastwood has made history, becoming the first woman and first non-unionist to win the Lagan Valley seat – the seat former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson held for 27 years, in a trying election for the DUP.

It was also a big night for the Lib Dems, as the party won dozens of new seats, removing a number of Conservative cabinet ministers in the process, and former prime minister Liz Truss has lost her seat.