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Britain’s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its plans for “national renewal” at the grand State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday.
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The UK's Labour Party has set out its plans for Britain in the official State Opening of Parliament, overseen by King Charles III. In a speech written by government officials and delivered by King Charles III, the newly-installed government promised 'national renewal' and the easing of the country's cost-of-living crisis. Prime Minister Keir Starmer placed economic growth and the stabilisation of the UK's public finances at the centre of his legislative agenda, but warned change would require “determined, patient work and serious solutions”. He also says he won’t raise personal taxes and insis...
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EU citizens living in the UK are closely paying attention to their new government's next moves as freshly elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to rejuvenate and rebuild relations with Europe. At a press conference ahead of the unveiling of his full legislative agenda, Starmer emphasised the need for a better post-Brexit arrangement with Brussels than the one brokered first by Theresa May and then Boris Johnson. "We think we can get a better deal than the botched deal that Boris Johnson brought home," Starmer stated, "and we will work on that — understanding the work that needs to be done ...
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Several of Britain’s private equity managers and firms may be contemplating a move abroad, in anticipation of the new Labour government’s proposed changes to tax law. It's understood that the new chancellor, Rachel Reeves, wants to close a tax loophole that allows private equity fund managers to pay a lower capital gains tax rate of 28% on all profits earned, rather than the usual income tax of 45%. This is mainly due to private equity managers often investing their own money alongside businesses and entrepreneurs into funds, as well as accepting relatively lower salaries for years, until a fu...
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David Lammy, Foreign SecretaryA Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham since 2000, the 51-year-old Labour politician is poised to be Britain’s new Foreign Secretary and the first man of colour handling UK international relations at a time of unprecedented global tensions. Graduating from Harvard Law School in 1997, Lammy occupied ministerial positions under Tony Blair’s government between 2002 and 2005 covering health, culture, media and sport. In 2003, he endorsed Britain’s invasion of Iraq following the policy of the New Labour. In 2007, under Gordon Brown’s administration, Lammy covered in...
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Newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has settled into government after his party won a landslide victory last week. His cabinet, appointed on Friday, has set records for having the most female and state school-educated ministers in the UK's history. Meet some of his closest associates who are set to shape the UK government's policy in the upcoming years: 1. Angela Rayner, Deputy PM and Secretary for HousingAngela Rayner is in a unique position in Starmer's party in that she is the only person, apart from Starmer himself, who has been elected directly by the Labour Party. Born into...
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An overnight Russian strike left more than 100,000 Ukrainian households without power. The Ukrainian Energy Ministry reported on Saturday that the strikes in Northern Ukraine had cut off electricity and water in the region, as civilian casualties rose sharply in the country’s embattled east. The northern Sumy region in Ukraine, which borders Russia, was plunged into darkness as strikes damaged energy infrastructure. Local media say drones hit the provincial capital, also called Sumy, cutting off water by hitting power lines which fed its system of pumps. Russian media also reported that Moscow...
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Lawmakers for the UK's Labour Party arrived at 10 Downing Street on Friday as the country's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer named his new Cabinet. The party's deputy leader Angela Rayner has been appointed as Deputy Prime Minister, the first senior politician to be appointed by Starmer. Rayner, who has served as Starmer's deputy party leader since 2020, will also take the role of the Secretary for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. She has often spoken about her tough background growing up in a deprived public housing block and leaving school early as a young mother. She started her career...
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Keir Starmer became the UK’s first left-leaning leader in 14 years — and at the exact moment that Britain is abandoning its biggest experiment in nationalist populism, its closest allies are taking the plunge. Whether it be French nationalists proudly comparing themselves to Nazis or Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s declaration that there is no place for Islamic culture in Europe, today’s nationalist-populist politicians are feeding on the fears of vulnerable people and demonising those who dare to stand out. And yet, in the same breath, they are eroding the security of their own nation...
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Labour candidate and former journalist Yuan Yang has become the UK’s first ever Chinese-born member of the parliament, as her party trounced the ruling Conservative Party in a general election that also saw a record number of women voted in. The centre-left opposition Labour Party won the election on Friday after racing past the 326 seats needed to secure a majority in parliament, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule. Labour leader Keir Starmer will become the UK’s next prime minister later on Friday, after outgoing leader Rishi Sunak of the Tories conceded defeat. With five constit...
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