Starmer appointed his Cabinet after a landslide election victory on Thursday which saw his Labour party romp home with 412 seats. In his victory speech on Friday morning, Starmer vowed to restore trust in politics and a build a "government of service".
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00:00Sir Keir Starmer, Your Majesty.
00:02Keir Starmer has accepted the request of King Charles
00:05to form a government after the Labour Party's landslide election victory.
00:09In a ceremony known as the Kissing of Hands,
00:12Starmer officially became the UK's Prime Minister.
00:16It was then straight back to Downing Street where he unveiled his new cabinet.
00:21The party's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister.
00:26She served as Starmer's deputy since 2020
00:29and will also take on the role of Secretary for levelling up housing and communities.
00:34Rachel Reeves was named Treasury Secretary, becoming the first woman to hold the job.
00:39She gets the title Chancellor of the Exchequer, which dates to the 16th century.
00:44David Lammy was announced as Foreign Secretary while Yvette Cooper heads the Home Office.
00:50Starmer's cabinet includes the highest number of female ministers in history
00:54and more than 40% of the seats in the Commons will be held by women.
00:58In his victory speech on Friday morning,
01:00Starmer vowed to restore trust in politics and build a government of service.