In his first major press conference as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised a government of delivery and service and said he has already started the work of changing the country. Sir Keir said he had a clear mandate to govern for all four corners of the United Kingdom and announced plans to visit Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales on Sunday to meet with the respective first ministers.
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00:00Afternoon. And thank you very much for coming. Yesterday, the work of change began. We're
00:13a change Labour Party. And yesterday, we started the work of changing the country. And as the
00:19dust settles on Thursday's result, what is becoming clear for, I think, all to see is
00:25the mood of the nation, of the country, what is expected of us, and the mandate that we
00:33have to deliver change. It's a mandate not just to govern, although it is certainly that,
00:39but it's a mandate that has put trust in us to change the country and to deliver. And
00:45it's a mandate to do politics differently. And that change started yesterday as well.
00:51I think I had the opportunity to set out to my cabinet precisely what I expect of them
00:57in terms of standards, delivery, and the trust that the country has put in them. And yesterday,
01:05I met Laurie Magnus, the independent advisor on standards, to discuss how we deliver in
01:12government. We also talked about preparations for the King's Speech. And I reminded the
01:17entire cabinet that we will be judged on actions, not on words. For the first time
01:24in 20-plus years, we have a majority in England, in Scotland, and in Wales. And that is a clear
01:34mandate to govern for all four corners of the United Kingdom. And therefore, I shall
01:42set off tomorrow to be in all four nations. I shall go first to Scotland. I shall then
01:50go to Northern Ireland, then to Wales, and then back to England, where I will meet the
01:57First Ministers, not just to discuss the issues and challenges of the day—of course, we
02:03will do that—but also to establish a way of working across the United Kingdom that
02:10will be different and better to the way of working that we've had in recent years, and
02:15to recognise the contributions of all four nations.
02:20On Thursday, we also got a mandate on economic growth, the number one mission of the Labour
02:27Government. And so we discussed at cabinet and have started the work on driving growth
02:33and to make sure that growth is everywhere across the whole country, so that people are
02:39better off everywhere, wherever they live.
02:42Later on Tuesday, I shall set off to Washington for the NATO summit. I've already had a number
02:48of international calls, as you will know, and as you would have expected, to establish
02:55the relations across with other countries, to have really important discussions about
03:01Ukraine and other pressing issues. And Washington will be an opportunity for me to have further
03:07discussions with some of the leaders I've already spoken to and some that I'm due to
03:11speak to.
03:13So this will be a politics and a government that is about delivery, is about service.
03:21Self-interest is yesterday's politics. I want a politics and a country that works for you.