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Rishi Sunak resigns as UK Prime Minister

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 ...

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Tulip Siddiq wins for 4th consecutive term

Tulip Siddiq, grand-daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been elected MP for the fourth consecutive term from Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency) in the United Kingdom. She is the candidate of Labour Party in the election. According to the BBC, he got 23,432 votes (48.3 per cent), while her nearest opponent Conservative candidate Don Williams received 8,462 votes. ...

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Sunak accepts responsibility for historic Tory defeat

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 ...

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Labour loses three seats to pro-Palestinian candidates

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, ...

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UK’s Labour wins overall majority in parliament: results

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 ...

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UK election 2024 updates: Exit polls suggest Labour is headed for a landslide victory

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 ...

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Millions cast their vote as UK heads to the polls in general election

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 ...

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Polls open across UK

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 ...

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Voters to head to polls for UK general election

Millions of voters are set to cast their ballots in the UK’s first July general election since 1945. Polling stations, set up in buildings like local schools and community halls, will be open between 07:00 and 22:00 BST on Thursday. Around 46 million voters are eligible to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons. The results for ...

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Key issues at stake in the UK election

Here are some key issues at stake in the UK general election on Thursday: Will jaded voters turn out? The main opposition Labour party is widely predicted to win and has been determined not to take any risks, making for a lacklustre election campaign. For the past two years, polling has suggested that Labour is 20 points ahead of the ...

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