After his landslide victory, the new Prime Minister of the UK, Keir Starmer, has declared his Labour government as "the sunlight of hope" that will rebuild Britain. On his first full day in office, Starmer pledged to end the era of scandal that plagued the previous government and to create wealth in every community. However, he acknowledged that his large majority comes with significant challenges that will take time to address.
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00:00Sir Keir Starmer, Your Majesty.
00:04Britain's new Prime Minister invited by the monarch to form government.
00:09Sir Keir Starmer's Labor may have won in a landslide, but he's determined to govern for
00:14all.
00:15Our country has voted decisively for change, for national renewal.
00:22The work of change begins immediately.
00:26He's announced Rachel Reeves as the UK's first ever female Chancellor of the Exchequer.
00:32And Angela Rayner is the new Deputy Prime Minister, part of the record 11 women in a
00:37cabinet of 25.
00:39For the Conservatives, it was their worst ever loss.
00:44The outgoing Prime Minister marked the end of 14 years of Tory rule by resigning as party
00:50leader.
00:51I am sorry.
00:53I have given this job my all.
00:56So you have sent a clear signal that the government of the United Kingdom must change.
01:02The Liberal Democrats are delighted with their solid result.
01:05You have helped us get our best results for over 100 years.
01:13With 649 seats declared, Labor has won 411, up by 209.
01:20The Tories have secured 121 seats, but more tellingly, lost 244.
01:27The Liberal Democrats won 71, up 60 seats, while Nigel Farage's Reform UK achieved five.
01:34The pro-independence Scottish National Party were big losers, winning just nine seats,
01:38a loss of 39.
01:42Voter turnout was 60 per cent, the lowest in more than 20 years.
01:46There was no point voting small parties because they're not going to come into the power anyway.
01:51So I decided not to vote this year.
01:54Young people were voting this year because we really needed a change.
01:57It's going to be a fresh new start.
01:58I feel very hopeful.
01:59I would like them to be true to their Labor roots and think about the working class.
02:03As he begins his term in office, Sir Keir Starmer has some enormous challenges to address,
02:08including the cost of living crisis, a sluggish economy, the crumbling National Health Service
02:14and rising immigration.
02:16He'll also need to build relationships internationally, starting at the NATO summit in the US next week.