Meetings with ministers and visits to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland the first moves of Keir Starmer

Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer today expressed his “eagerness” to deliver the change he has promised to Britain, making economic growth the “primary mission” of his government. Wasting no time on his first full day in office, Labour’s Keir Starmer met his key ministers this morning before holding a press conference in Downing Street. Among other things, he confirmed his intention to abandon the previous Conservative government’s highly controversial plan to deport migrants to Rwanda. That plan “was dead before it even started. It’s never been a deterrent (…), I’m not prepared to continue gimmicks that don’t act as a deterrent,” Starmer said. I can’t wait to make change happen Yesterday, the 61-year-old former barrister, specializing in human rights advocacy, was formally tasked by King Charles with forming a new government. “I look forward to implementing the change and I believe, and I hope, that what […]
Source: News Beast

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