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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's new prime minister Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to use his massive electoral majority to rebuild the country, saying he wanted to take the heat out of politics after ...
May 10, 2024 at 4:19 PM Starmer will not set small boats target but pledges hostile territory for gangs Sir Keir Starmer declined to commit to “stopping the boats” as he set out his party’s ...
On 24 August 2024, in what has been dubbed the "passes for glasses" affair, The Times reported that, shortly after Starmer became the prime minister, Lord Alli, Starmer's biggest personal donor, had been given a security pass. The pass gave Alli unrestricted access to Downing Street, and he then hosted a party there for other Labour Party donors.
Most of these pledges, including increasing income tax on top 5 per cent of earners, the abolition of university tuition fees, nationalisation of public services including water and energy, and support for freedom of movement, were scrapped or watered down during Starmer's tenure as Labour and Opposition leader. Starmer has defended this by ...
Starmer said of George Floyd: "He must not become just another name. His death must be a catalyst for change." [150] One year on from Floyd's murder, Starmer promised a race equality act, which he said would be a "defining cause" for his Labour government. [151] Starmer with US President Joe Biden at the White House, July 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised "a new era" in cross-border cooperation to tackle people smuggling gangs ahead of talks on Monday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, part ...
Change is a political manifesto published in 2024 by the British Labour Party under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer.The manifesto sets out the party's new approach to policy, ahead of their successful campaign in the 2024 general election, in which they won a landslide victory.
[10] [11] It pledges a new publicly owned energy company (Great British Energy), a "Green Prosperity Plan", reducing patient waiting times in the NHS, and renationalisation of the railway network (Great British Railways). [12] It includes wealth creation and "pro-business and pro-worker" policies. [13]