New PM Starmer pledges to rebuild Britain after years of chaos


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  • Friday, 05 Jul 2024

Newly elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria Starmer enter his official London residence at No 10 Downing Street for the first time after the Labour Party won a landslide victory at the 2024 General Election. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to use his massive electoral majority to rebuild the country, saying he wanted to take the heat out of politics after years of upheaval and strife.

Standing outside his new office and residence at Number 10 Downing Street, Starmer acknowledged the scale of the challenge after his party's landslide victory in a parliamentary election ended 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative government.

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