Labour won 412 seats in the 650-seat parliament with only three seats left to declare. London: The UK general election marks a turning point for the country with Labour returning to power after 14 years of Conservatives in Downing Street. Here are the five biggest takeaways from a dramatic night. Labour landslide, but not historic … Read more
Rishi Sunak, the outgoing British Prime Minister (File). New Delhi: Out with the old, and in with the new (sort of), UK voters said Friday, handing Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives a thumping defeat in the general election, stripping it off nearly 250 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons. And Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour has been … Read more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will be the new UK Prime Minister (File). New Delhi: Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer delivered a storming victory speech Friday morning after the party swept the UK general election, declaring the country “gets its future back after 14 years (of a Conservative Party government)”. A relieved-looking Prime Minister-elect said, with … Read more