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UK elections 2017: June 19 Brexit talks may be delayed as May loses House majority

Conservatives are shy of the magic 326 figure for an overall majority in the House of Commons

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Theresa May (pictured) is expected to win comfortably on June 8, but her party’s lead in opinion polls has narrowed Photo: Reuters

BS Web TeamAgencies New Delhi
A hung Parliament is the likely result of the June 8 general elections in the UK as the Theresa May-led Conservatives have failed to win an overall majority. the latest BBC forecast has said. 

The Gurdian has also reported that a hung Parliament has been confirmed. At the time of writing, the Conservatives were predicted to win 318 seats, down from the 331 won by the party in the 2015 general election, while the Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour Party was predicted to win 261 seats, adding 29 seats to their previous tally. 

With talks on Britain's departure from the European

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