'Age of national renewal': Labour celebrates landslide election victory

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Keir Starmer on the final day of election campaigning | Credit: Keir Starmer, Flickr
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Keir Starmer on the final day of election campaigning | Credit: Keir Starmer, Flickr

Keir Starmer declares Labour is 'ready to serve our country', as Tories slump to historic defeat and Greens, Lib Dems, and Reform all make breakthroughs

Labour's Keir Starmer has promised to deliver "an age of national renewal" after the party secured a landslide victory and the Conservatives slumped to the worst defeat in their history. Prime Minister...

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