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Keir Starmer on Friday swept into Downing Street for the first time as UK prime minister, promising urgent action to restore the country’s fortunes, reports AFP. The Labour party leader oversaw a landslide victory in Thursday’s general election, ending 14 years of rule by Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives. “The work of change begins immediately,” Starmer told reporters outside Downing Street after ...

Labour leader Keir Starmer officially became British prime minister on Friday hours after his Labour Party swept to power in a landslide victory after more than a decade in opposition, reports AFP. Starmer was elevated to the nation’s leader after a private ceremony with King Charles III in Buckingham Palace. In the merciless choreography of British politics, Starmer is taking ...

Rishi Sunak on Friday resigned as UK’s prime minister after meeting the King at Buckingham Palace. In a final Downing Street speech, Sunak said he would also step down as Conservative Party leader, but not immediately. The 44-year-old former financier gambled on going to the polls six months before he had to, hoping that better economic data would swing public ...

Four Bangladesh-origin candidates– Tulip Siddiq, Rushanara Ali, Rupa Huq and Apsana Begum– have been elected as Labour Party lawmakers in the UK parliament. The result was published on the official website of the British Parliament on Friday (July 5) morning. Tulip Rizwana Siddiq Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has won by a huge margin in the ...

Rishi Sunak has said he accepts responsibility for the Conservative Party’s catastrophic general election defeat. Sir Keir Starmer has led the Labour Party to a landslide victory and will take over from Mr Sunak as the UK’s prime minister. Mr Sunak told supporters: “The British people have delivered a sobering verdict tonight, there is much to learn… and I take ...

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jonathan Ashworth among those losing out as party suffers in urban areas with high Muslim populations Labour has lost three seats to pro-Gaza independent candidates and been run close by several others, as the impact of the Middle East crisis dented an otherwise jubilant night for Keir Starmer’s party. Jonathan Ashworth, the party’s shadow Cabinet Office minister, ...

LONDON, July 5, 2024 : The UK’s Labour Party swept to power early on Friday after winning the country’s general election, crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons. “A mandate like this comes with a great responsibility,” Labour leader Keir Starmer told supporters at a triumphant dawn rally in London, moments after the results ...

Britain’s Labour Party appears to be headed for a huge majority in the 2024 UK election, an exit poll suggested. The poll released moments after voting closed indicated that Labour leader Keir Starmer will be the country’s next prime minister. A jaded electorate looks to have delivered a historic defeat for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party, leaving it in disarray after it has been in power since ...

In a landmark event, millions of voters across the United Kingdom are casting their ballots in the general election today. Polls opened at 07:00 BST and will remain open until 22:00 BST, giving citizens ample time to participate in this pivotal democratic process. This election marks a significant change as it is the first general election where voters are required ...

Polling stations in 650 constituencies across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland opened at 7am local time on Thursday morning, in the first UK general election since the country’s formal exit from the European Union. Voting is set to continue until 10pm local time, when a first estimate of results based on exit polls is published. Results will then roll ...