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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.
The first overseas meeting Starmer attended as prime minister was the 2024 NATO summit held in Washington from 9 to 11 July 2024. [ 190 ] [ 191 ] On the flight to the summit, Starmer laid out a "cast iron" commitment to increase defence spending to the NATO target of 2.5 per cent of GDP in line with the NATO target, following a "root and branch ...
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.
3 February 2024 (10 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]
Data from the Office for National Statistics indicates the UK economy grew by 0.2% in January 2024, largely fuelled by retail sales, both in the High Street and online. [258] Sunak tells Prime Minister's Questions he will not return £10m donated to the Conservative Party by Frank Hester, because he has apologised and "his remorse should be ...
The UK government announces that a scheme allowing Ukrainian nationals to join relatives in the UK has closed to new applicants. [ 132 ] Birmingham City Council announces plans to raise council tax by 21% over the next two years as part of £300m in budget cuts.
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New 0.0 5,077 0.02 New Lincolnshire Independents: Marianne Overton 2 0 0 0 0.0 4,277 0.01 One Leicester Rita Patel 2 0 New 0.0 4,008 0.01 New Socialist Labour Party: Jim McDaid 12 0 0 0 0.0 3,609 0.01 Liverpool Community Independents: Alan Gibbons: 1 0 New 0.0 3,293 0.01 New Swale Independents: Mike Baldock 1 0 Did not stand in 2019 0.0 3,238 0 ...