UK opposition Labour leader says still a long way to win power


Leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer during a news conference at the Labour Party headquarters in central London on March 21, 2023. Jordan Pettitt/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - The failure of Britain's Labour Party to take former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's old parliamentary seat in an election this week shows the opposition party still has a long way to go to win power, leader Keir Starmer said on Saturday.

Labour won a once safe Conservative parliamentary seat in northern England on the same day, but the narrow loss in Uxbridge and South Ruislip has given Prime Minister Rishi Sunak some breathing space as he seeks to reduce Labour's large poll lead before a national election expected next year.

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