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UK: Starmer says he is ‘impatient’ to make change a reality
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday he was “impatient” to implement the promised change in the United Kingdom, making economic growth his government’s “number one mission without wasting time, for his first full day in power, Labour’s Keir Starmer gathered his key ministers on Saturday morning before holding a press conference from 10 Downing Street. In particular, he confirmed his intention to abandon the former Conservative government’s highly controversial project to deport migrants to Rwanda himself started It was never a deterrent (.. .), I am not prepared to continue with gimmicky measures”, declared Keir Starmer. On Friday, this 61-year-old former lawyer specializing in the defense of human rights became official. charged by King Charles III to form a new government, ratifying the political turning point that occurred after voters drove the Conservatives who had been in charge for 14 years from the country. “I am eager to implement change and I think and I hope that what you have already seen shows that,” he told reporters at his press conference. The challenges are many, with a struggling economy, public services in dire straits the still significant impact of the cost of living crisis “We have a lot of work to do, so let’s get down to business,” he had told his government a little earlier during his first council of ministers Prime Minister announced , that he would visit the other three nations in Britain on Sunday: Scotland – where Labor wrested many seats from the separatists in the election – Wales and Northern Ireland “Politics that focus on personal interests is yesterday’s politics,” he said. launched, promising a government with a sense of “service for everyone, whether they voted for us or not”, after the scandals that marked the last Conservative governments. “We will have to make the hard decisions, and make them quickly, and we will do it,” he insisted. At the end of Thursday’s election, Labor won a very large majority with 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, a score close to Tony Blair’s. historic record in 1997. During the campaign, the man who entered politics only nine years ago promised the return of “stability” and “seriousness”, with strict management of public spending – on Friday, Keir Starmer began to appoint the members of his government He chose as Deputy Prime Minister responsible for housing Angela Rayner, who embodies the left wing of a Labor party that has largely focused on economic affairs since Keir Starmer took the lead in 2020. For the first time a woman occupies the very prestigious. the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer, former Bank of England economist Rachel Reeves, from an immigrant family from Guyana, becomes head of British diplomacy. In a more junior position, on Saturday he appointed Science Minister Patrick Vallance, scientific adviser to the government during the Covid-19 pandemic. As of Friday, the new prime minister has already had several phone conversations with heads of state and government, including US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He assured them of “unwavering” British support for Ukraine. Next week he will take his first steps on the international stage with the summit marking NATO’s 75th anniversary in Washington – succession – At the end of the legislative election, the parliament appears completely reshuffled, with conservatives retaining only 121 MPs Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he would soon step down as leader of the Conservative Party while the succession process is organised. The Liberal Democrats (centrists) again become the third force with 72 seats, a record. In a real political shock, the anti-immigration and anti-system Reform UK party, led by hard-right figure Nigel Farage, entered with five MPs. mhc/cls
