Starmer looks to ‘sunlight of hope’ as he hails landslide win
Sir Keir Starmer echoed Tony Blair’s reference to the new dawn in a victory speech in the early hours of Friday.
Sir Keir Starmer echoed Tony Blair’s reference to the new dawn in a victory speech in the early hours of Friday.
A legislative bonanza and international summits will be key features of Sir Keir Starmer’s first weeks in No 10.
Sir Keir Starmer said ‘the fight for trust is the battle that defines our age’ in his first speech after the Labour Party secured more than 326 seats.
During his 20 months in No 10, the premier grappled with a toxic inheritance.
The new Prime Minister remains something of an unknown quantity.
The Labour leader said the ‘sunlight of hope’ could be felt again after 14 years of Conservative rule.
Among the Cabinet ministers to lose seats were Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.
Rishi Sunak said he will stand down as Tory leader after a Labour landslide handed his party the worst defeat in its parliamentary history.
A number of Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet and high-profile Tories have suffered defeat.
Reform has secured four MPs so far, including the party leader’s victory in Clacton, Essex.
He said the Liberal Democrats had put voters’ concerns ‘at the heart of our campaign’.
Labour is projected to secure a landslide victory in the General Election.
The exit poll predicted the Conservatives were facing a historic defeat.
Mr Anderson, who defected from the Tories, won in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
Born in Leigh, Greater Manchester, the Conservative MP’s rise to the Cabinet was very different from many of her colleagues.