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Left turn with mega Labour landslide in UK
The New Indian Express
|July 06, 2024
KEIR STARMER IS NEW BRITISH PM; EXPECTED TO KEEP UP GOOD TIES WITH INDIA
AFTER sitting on the opposition benches for more than a decade, the Labour Party on Friday stormed to power in the UK, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. Labour leader Keir Starmer assumed charge as the 58th prime minister after his customary audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.
"Our country has voted decisively for change, for national renewal and a return of politics for public service," said Starmer in his inaugural address from a lectern outside 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British PM.
This story is from the July 06, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express.
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