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Saturday 8 May

Hung parliament: what happens in the next two weeks

The Prime Minister and his administration (including Ministers who lost their seats at the election) will still be in place as caretakers until the new government is formed. The civil service and caretaker Government will not issue policy statements or clarification during this time.

Some form of agreement between the parties will have to be resolved by the Queen's Speech which is expected on May 25th. Defeat for the Government in the Queen's Speech debate would be a vote of no confidence. The new Parliament will sit for the first time on May 18th.

These are the latest dates possible but there will be pressure to resolve the situation much earlier.

Local government will not want to take any long-term decisions due to uncertainty over the future. At national government level, it will take longer to pass fewer laws, because of the need for agreement from more parties which is predicted to be on a case by case basis rather than any formal agreement or coalition.

For more information, please see the NCVO guide to a hung parliament which may be found here.