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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 Rishi Sunak , in a landslide victory .
Starmer with US President Joe Biden at the White House, 10 July 2024. In July 2024, following the 2024 general election, US President Joe Biden congratulated Starmer on "a hell of a victory". [184] Starmer and Biden discussed their shared commitment to the Special Relationship between the US and the UK, as well as their mutual support of Ukraine.
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.
Keir Starmer is officially the new UK prime minister. ... “There’s something wonderful that in the year of 2024 when so many countries are going to the polls and democracy is under threat like ...
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]
December 27, 2024 at 2:56 PM (Getty) It’s been well publicised that 2024 was a big year for elections , with billions of people in at least 60 countries going to the polls .
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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 ...