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UK election: Difficult night for Labour
Labour leader Ed Miliband admits it has been a "very disappointing and difficult night" and apologised to MPs who lost their seats. The party has haemorrhaged seats to the SNP in Scotland, but is also struggling in England and Wales. It has lost its election campaign chief Douglas Alexander, its leader in Scotland Jim Murphy, and failed to take a number of target seats. Labour also lost previous leader Gordon Brown's former constituency to the SNP.
Latest projections suggest Labour will win 232 seats compared to 325 for the Conservatives, enough to form a slender majority in the Commons.
Miliband said: "This has clearly been a very disappointing and difficult night for the Labour Party, we haven't made the gains we wanted in England and Wales and in Scotland, we have seen a surge of nationalism overwhelm our party.
"Now I want to say to all our dedicated and decent colleagues in Scotland who have lost their seats that I am deeply sorry about what has happened.
"The next government has a huge responsibility, it has a huge responsibility in facing the difficult task of keeping our country together."
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