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UK's New PM Gets Right to
Work, Scraps Contentious Plan

Jul 6, 2024 11:30 AM CDT

UK's New PM Gets Right to Work, Scraps Contentious Plan

Keir Starmer says of Rwanda deportation 'scheme': 'Dead and buried before it started'

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that he's scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda as he vowed to deliver on voters' mandate for change, though he warned it won't happen quickly. "The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started,"...

King Makes Starmer's
Victory Official

Jul 5, 2024 7:04 AM CDT

King Makes Starmer's Victory Official

Labour leader is now UK's prime minister

(Newser) - 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. Starmer was elevated to the nation's leader after a private ceremony with King Charles III in Buckingham Palace. In...

Sunak Delivers His
Final Speech as PM

Jul 5, 2024 5:33 AM CDT

Sunak Delivers His Final Speech as PM

His next stop was Buckingham Palace

(Newser) - The British political system doesn't give lame ducks much time to linger in power. Hours after the vote count confirmed the Labour Party's landslide victory and Rishi Sunak conceded defeat, the Conservative leader traveled to London and delivered a final speech as prime minister. He then went to...

It Was a 'Seismic Night for British Politics'

UK Swings 'Wildly to the
Left' on Big Election Night

UPDATED

Jul 5, 2024 1:02 AM CDT

UK Swings 'Wildly to the Left' on Big Election Night

Britain's Labour Party sweeps to power

(Newser) - Britain's Labour Party swept to power Friday after more than a decade in opposition, official results showed, as a jaded electorate appeared to hand the party a landslide victory but also a mammoth task of reinvigorating a stagnant economy and dispirited nation, the AP reports. Labour leader Keir Starmer...

UK Exit Poll:
Labour, in a Rout

Jul 4, 2024 4:50 PM CDT

UK Exit Poll: Labour, in a Rout

Keir Starmer is on track to govern with a huge parliamentary majority

(Newser) - The Labour Party is on track to win 410 parliamentary seats, a major exit poll showed late Thursday, making leader Keir Starmer the UK's next prime minister. That would nearly provide Labour its best election result ever, CNN reports. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party was running a...

Sunak Could Lose His Seat in Tory Wipeout

Sunak's Party
Set for Historic
Loss in UK
Elections

THE RUNDOWN

Jul 4, 2024 11:00 AM CDT

Sunak's Party Set for Historic Loss in UK Elections

In a big first, even the prime minister could lose his seat

(Newser) - This year, the Fourth of July is Election Day in the UK—and it's expected to be Rishi Sunak's last day as prime minister, with polls suggesting his Conservative Party faces a loss of historic proportions. The party held 349 of the 650 seats in Parliament when Sunak...

Meet 'No-Drama Starmer,'
Britain's Likely New PM

the rundown

Jul 3, 2024 1:54 PM CDT

Meet 'No-Drama Starmer,' Britain's Likely New PM

Sir Keir Starmer expected to return Labour Party to power

(Newser) - Unless British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Conservative Party pull off an improbably huge comeback in Thursday's election, he is on the verge of being replaced by the country's first PM from the Labour Party in 14 years. Polls show that Sir Keir Starmer is poised to...