UK Election Live Updates: Keir Starmer Confirmed as UK’s New Prime Minister Following Labour’s Decisive Victory
Keir Starmer is the new leader of the UK after Labour ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has apologised for the party’s performance.
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Keir Starmer met King Charles at Buckingham Palace to formally accept the job of UK Prime Minister. After addressing the nation at 10 Downing Street, he entered the mansion’s black doors to begin work.
Starmer’s Labour Party suffered a crushing defeat to the Conservatives. He will replace Rishi Sunak. With the votes being counted, Labour already has 412 seats in Parliament compared to 121 for the Conservatives, the lowest number in Labour’s history. It has 650 seats.
Six weeks ago, Sunak, who stunned the nation by holding elections in one of the United States’ key allies and the world’s sixth-largest economy, apologised to the public for his party’s performance as he left Downing Street for the last time.
Starmer, a former prosecutor and centrist who supports NATO and Ukraine, promised in his victory speech to “govern for every single person in this country”.
In his eighth attempt, Nigel Farage, a Brexiteer and anti-immigration activist, won a seat in the British Parliament. The leader of the UK Reform Party and friend of Trump will represent Clacton, a declining coastal town in southern England.
