The new British Prime Minister, Labour Party Keir Starmerassured on Saturday that his Government would implement a “different policy”, supported by clarity majority gained in the recent general election from great Britain.
As promised, Starmer is not waiting to get to workheld today at Downing Street – from now on his official office and residence – his first meeting as chairman of the new Executive with his newly formed cabinet.
Without wasting a single minute, just yesterday He formed a team that had no surprises.just minutes after giving his first speech to the nation in that position, after receiving a commission from King Charles III to form a government.
In a press conference held today from Government headquarters, after completing a meeting with his ministers, Starmer announced that will visit four countries in this countrymoved by the “clear mandate” sent from all of them to their party at the polls.
“For the first time in more than 20 years, we have a majority in England, in Scotland and in Wales and that is a clear mandate to govern in all four corners of the United Kingdom and, therefore, I leave tomorrow to be in all four nations,” he said.
The journey will start in Scotland, continue in Northern Ireland, then through Wales and finally back to England to “build a way of working across the UK that will be different and better than in recent years,” he said.
Government focuses on change
As he has stressed in recent days, the Labor leader reiterated that “will not stop until change is achieved” who has been elected by the citizens and emphasized that this Executive has a “service mentality.
“Our country comes first, the party comes second. And that is not a slogan. That is the basis of our decision,” he stressed.
On future plans, he clarified that the controversial immigration plans of the previous Conservative Government, the so-called ‘plan Rwanda‘ -to deport potential asylum seekers to the country who access the UK by small boats via the English Channel-, is “dead and buried”.
star He also pledged to face the fiscal challenges ahead with “total honesty” even as he acknowledged he would have to “make tough decisions and make them quickly.”
He also showed that The Labor Government’s “number one mission” is increase economic growth and that he would ensure “that this growth occurs across all parts of the country.”
Next Tuesday, Starmer will travel to Washington to attend the NATO summit, where he plans to make clear his country’s support for the alliance. In doing so, he stressed that security and defence would be the government’s “first order of business.”
The country is also due to host the next European Political Community summit in the UK, on July 18.
Since winning the election – with 412 seats out of a total of 650 – Starmer has embraced many phone calls from other international leaderssuch as the president of the United States, Joe Biden, or the president of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski (both yesterday) or the prime ministers of India, Narendra Modi; Japan, Fumio Kishida, and Australia, Anthony Albanese, “to build relationships with other countries.”
The new British Prime Minister is surrounded by heavyweights in his team as he was in opposition as the Labour government’s chief minister, with Angela Rayner as “number two” and responsible for Housing, Rachel Reeves as head of the Economy or David Lammy as the new Head of Foreign Affairs.
He also appointed John Healey to Defence, Yvette Cooper as head of Home Affairs; Labour campaign coordinator Pat McFadden as head of the Cabinet Office (the equivalent of the Presidency) as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Wes Streeting to Health and Bridget Phillipson to the Education portfolio.
Shabana Mahmood and Ed Miliband retain their positions in Justice and Energy respectively although former Attorney General Emily Thornberry has been replaced on the team by lawyer Richard Hermer.
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