Buoyed by the strong election result that put him in this new position, the Labour leader has formed his working Cabinet and announced that “for the first time in more than 20 years, we have a majority in England, Scotland and Wales.”
Keir Starmer, British Prime Minister. Photo: Reuters
Labor Party Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdomemphasized that the management will focus implementing “different policies”“, after becoming the new ruler of the islands supported by the large majority who voted for him in the recent elections.
From Downing Street, his new office and official residence, Starmer held his first meeting with his Cabinet, and began his mandate. This Friday, he has already formed his working team without showing any surprises in its name, and afterwards gave an address to the British nation. received orders from King Carlos III to form his government.
Keir Starmer with King Charles III. Photo: Reuters
Through a press conference held from the government headquarters, Starmer announced that he would visit the four countries that make up the United Kingdom. (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), driven by a “clear mandate” that he wants to implement.
“For the first time in more than 20 years, we have a majority in England, Scotland and Wales and this is a clear mandate to govern in all four corners of the UK and therefore, I leave tomorrow to be in all four countries,” he commented.
The Prime Minister will begin his trip in Scotland, then appear in Northern Ireland, then travel to Wales and finally return to England, for “setting out ways of working across the UK, which will be different and better than in recent years”he has stated.
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The Labor Party said they would not stop until then “achieving the change” he voted forstated that its management has a “service mentality”.
“Our country comes first, and the party comes second. And that’s not a slogan. That is the basis of our decision,” he stressed.
Keir Starmer, the new British Prime Minister. Photo: Reuters
Meanwhile, referring to the previous Conservative government’s immigration plans, the “Rwanda Plan” was “deeply buried”. It involved deporting potential African applicants from the UK, mainly from Rwanda, seeking asylum, and sending them back in small boats across the English Channel.
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In other aspects of his speech, he stated that he was able to face the fiscal challenges his administration would face with “total honesty,” but he announced that he would have to “make tough decisions and make them quickly.”
His “number one mission” is economic growth in the archipelago. and that they will seek to ensure “that this growth occurs across all regions of the country.”
Starmer will travel to Washington this Tuesday to participate in the NATO summit.
Next Tuesday, Starmer will travel to Washington to attend a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), where he plans to make clear his intention to build an alliance with the international organization. Security and defense will be the “first order” of his fledgling government.
On July 18, the UK is to host the European Political Community Summit.
Keir Starmer. Photo: Reuters
Because he was able to win the election, the leader of the Labor Party congratulated by many state leaderslike Joe Biden (US) and Vladimir Zelensky (Ukraine), as the most prominent. Next, the prime minister Narendra Modi (India); Fumio Kishida (Japan); Anthony Albanese (Australia), “establishing relations with other countries”.
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Keir Starmer Cabinet
His Cabinet consists of the following politicians: Angela Rayner as “number two” and responsible for Housing, Rachel Reeves as head of Economy and David Lammy as the new head of Foreign Affairs.
In turn, he appointed John Healey to Defence, Yvette Cooper as head of Home Affairs; Labour campaign coordinator Pat McFadden to head the Cabinet Office as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Wes Streeting to Health and Bridget Phillipson to the Education portfolio.
Keir Starmer, leader of the British Labour Party and prime minister of the islands. Photo: Reuters
Finally, Shabana Mahmood and Ed Miliband retained their positions in Justice and Energy respectively.
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