David Cameron has resigned as Prime Minister after Britain voted to LEAVE the EU.

Overnight there were unexpected losses for Remain, while Leave enjoyed bigger leads in the areas they have won.

In Greater Manchester, Manchester, Stockport and Trafford voted to remain. Tameside, Rochdale, Oldham, Salford, Wigan, Bolton and Bury voted to leave.

Although Scotland voted strongly against Brexit, the turnout there was not as high as Remain campaigners had hoped.

Following the result Prime Minister David Cameron announced he was stepping down, and that his replacement would be in place before October.

Meanwhile the pound has plummeted against the dollar and euro and £122bn was wiped off the value of the FTSE 100 companies in first 10 minutes of trading.

Nigel Farage declared this morning: "Let June 23 go down in our history as our independence day".

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