UK’s Labour wins landslide election victory; incoming PM Starmer: Change begins now...
Conservatives projected to suffer historic losses; incumbent Rishi Sunak concedes; right-wing Reform UK leader Nigel Farage wins seat at 7th attempt...
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SHIRA SILKOFF and
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Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London early on July 5, 2024. The UK's Labour Party swept to power after winning the country's general election.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak closes his eyes as he waits for the declaration of results for his seat in the general election at the Richmond and Northallerton count center in Northallerton, England, July 5, 2024. (Darren Staples, Pool via AP)
Victorious UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer kisses his wife Victoria after speaking to his supporters at the Tate Modern in London, July 5, 2024. Labour swept to power after winning the country's general election. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (C) celebrates after being elected to become MP for Clacton at the Clacton count centre in Clacton-on-Sea, eastern England, early on July 5, 2024.(HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
Britain's former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn poses outside Islington Town Hall in London on June 5, 2024 after submitting his nomination papers to officially stand as an Independent candidate in Islington North for the July 4 general election. Corbyn defeated the Labour candidate to win the seat on July 4. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Members of the media watch the results of the general election exit poll on a large TV screen at the count for the Holborn and St Pancras constituency where the Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is standing for election, in London, Thursday, July 4, 2024. An exit poll suggests the Labour Party is headed for a huge majority in Britain's election, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. The poll released moments after polls closed on Thursday indicates that Labour leader Keir Starmer will be the country's next prime minister. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Britain's Labour Party leader and incoming prime minister Keir Starmer gives a thumbs up to his supporters after he was elected for the Holborn and St Pancras constituency, in London, Friday, July 5, 2024.(AP/Kin Cheung)