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At the time of writing almost all the results have come in for the UK General Election. As expected there have been significant gains for the Conservatives who are expected to increase their MPs in parliament by about a hundred. The Labour Party will lose about ninety seats and the Liberal Democrat will lose about five seats. No single political party will have enough of a majority to form a Government by themselves. This means that for the first time in over thirty years there will be a Hung Parliament. 

The percentage share of the vote is as follows:
 

On Tuesday 11 May 2010 David Cameron leader of the Conservative Party became the new UK Prime Minister in a new Conservative and Liberal Democrat Coalition Government. The Conservatives are the biggest Party in Parliament with 306 seats; However, they did not gain enough seats to achieve an overall majority on their own. After the General Election results of 7 May 2010 the Liberal Democrats seeing an opportunity to be part of a new Government started negotiations with the Conservatives and after a few days reached an agreement on forming a Coalition Government.

US H-1B visas are still available to start work in the US from 1 October 2010.  There are 65,000 H-1B visas available each year with an additional 20,000 available for those with an US master’s degree or higher.

USCIS announced that on 21 May 2010 19,600 out of the 65,000 visas available for those without an advanced degree had been used and that 8,200 visas out of the 20,000 available for those with a US Masters Degree or higher had been used.