Everything you need to know about the UK's 2017 general election

When do the polls open, how can I vote and what will the election result mean for Brexit?Latest general election newsTheresa May announced a snap election in a surprise statement outside Downing Street last Tuesday, arguing that at a time of “enormous national significance” there should be unity in Westminster, but instead there was division. “The country is coming together, but Westminster is not,” the prime minister told the nation. MPs voted overwhelmingly, by 522 vote