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The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, defeated the governing Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory.
Keir Starmer's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 5 July 2024 when he accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government, succeeding Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party. As prime minister, Starmer is serving concurrently as First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union.
Sunak visited Ukraine on 12 January 2024 to sign a new U.K.-Ukraine Agreement on Security Cooperation with Zelenskyy promising £2.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including long-range missiles, artillery ammunition, air defence and maritime security, in addition to £200 million to be spent on military drones, making the UK the largest ...
3 February 2024 (11 months ago) () Sinn Féin [3] Deputy First Minister: Emma Little-Pengelly: Democratic Unionist Party Scotland: First Minister: John Swinney: 8 May 2024 (7 months ago) () Scottish National Party [4] Wales: First Minister: Eluned Morgan: 6 August 2024 (4 months ago) () Welsh Labour [5]
The Powers Behind the Prime Minister:The Hidden Influence of Number Ten. Hart Publishing. ISBN 978-0007292066. King, Anthony Stephen, ed. (1985). The British Prime Minister'. Duke University Press. Langer, Ana Inés (2007). "A historical exploration of the personalisation of politics in the print media: The British Prime Ministers (1945–1999)".
Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates: Constitutional monarchy 11 February 2006 18 years, 330 days Viktor Orbán: Prime Minister of Hungary: Parliamentary republic 29 May 2010 14 years, 222 days Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed: Prime Minister of Djibouti: Presidential republic: 1 April 2013 11 years, 280 days Edi Rama: Prime Minister of Albania
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In December 2019, various US officials said a trade deal was likely before a proposed round of new tariffs took effect on 15 December 2019. [201] US tariffs had a negative effect on China's economy, which slowed to growth of 6%. [201] In December 2019, new deal was announced regarding US-China trade dispute. [202]