What is a hung parliament and what happens now?

The Conservatives have failed to win a majority but May – or her successor as Tory leader – will still try to form a governmentElection 2017 live: all the results, reaction and analysisUK election results - live trackerThe prime minister called a snap election to increase her majority, but instead she has been left trying to form a minority government with the backing of the Democratic Unionist party.In her speech on Friday morning Theresa May signalled that the Conservatives hoped t