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UK Elections: All About Keir Starmer, the Next UK PM as Labour Inches Closer to ‘Supermajority’

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UK Elections: All About Keir Starmer, the Next UK PM as Labour Inches Closer to ‘Supermajority’

UK Elections: All About Keir Starmer, the Next UK PM as Labour Inches Closer to ‘Supermajority’

In the 2024 UK General Election, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer secured a landslide victory, winning 335 seats and set to become Prime Minister.

The Conservatives, led by Rishi Sunak, won only 72 seats.

Starmer, 61, comes from a working-class background and has a career in human rights law.

He entered politics in 2015 and became Labour leader in 2020.

As Prime Minister, Starmer faces challenges including economic issues and social divisions.

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