Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is poised to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom as early trends in the counting of the votes show a clear majority for his party. According to exit polls, Starmer’s party is expected to end the reign of Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party after 14 years. Labour Party...
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U.K. Election Result: How Labour Won Big—and What Comes Next
Oppositions don’t win elections, received Westminster wisdom tells us. Governments lose them. And in Britain’s July 4 election, the ruling Conservatives lost big. After a 14-year governing streak defined by Brexit, a pandemic, and an astonishing period of political and financial turbulence that ushered in three Prime Ministers in just one year, the world’s most...
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Nigel Farage wins seat in UK parliament for first time
Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, won a seat in the British parliament for the first time on Friday in the seaside English town of Clacton-on-Sea, as voters deserted Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party. Farage, whose career of anti-immigration, pro-Brexit campaigning has made him one of Britain’s most recognizable and divisive...
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UK Election 2024: Rishi Sunak’s Tories set for major defeat, Keir Starmer eyes PM post | Top updates
Britain’s Labour Party is headed towards a landslide victory in the ongoing general elections in the United Kingdom, with the results expected shortly. Exit poll predictions and early trends show that the Conservative Party will be pushed out after 14 years in power. Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and Britain’s main opposition Labour Party...
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UK Election Results 2024 LIVE: Exit poll suggests landslide victory for Labour Party
UK Election Results 2024 LIVE: The exit poll, released after voting concluded on Thursday, predicted a landslide victory for the Labour Party, with Keir Starmer likely to become the next Prime Minister of the UK. UK Election Results 2024 LIVE: Britain’s Labour Party seemed poised for a landslide victory in Friday’s parliamentary election, as indicated...
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UK general election exit poll finds Keir Starmer’s Labour Party will prevail in landslide victory after 14 years of Conservatives in power
Britain’s left-wing Labour Party was poised Thursday for a landslide victory over the ruling Conservative Party after 14 years out of power. According to an exit poll commissioned by all three major UK broadcasters and released as soon as the polls closed at 10 p.m., Labour was set to win 410 seats in the 650-member...
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UK Woman Murdered Parents, Lived With Their Dead Bodies For Several Years
She will be sentenced on October 10 and 11. A woman from the United Kingdom pleaded guilty to murdering her parents and living in their home for several years after, as per a report in the Independent. Virginia McCullough, 36, entered a guilty plea to the murders of Lois McCullough, aged 71, and John McCullough,...
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UK election votes expected to deliver Labour landslide, knock out PM Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives
Britons were voting on Thursday in a parliamentary election that is expected to bring Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to power, sweeping away Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives after 14 often turbulent years. Opinion polls put Starmer’s centre-left party on course for a landslide victory but also suggest many voters simply want change after a period of...
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The U.S. celebrates July 4, but independence from Britain is marked around the globe. Here’s a look at how and when different countries celebrate.
On July 4, the United States celebrates its independence from Britain with displays of fireworks, barbeques, shopping — and for an estimated 70 million citizens this year, travel. The United States’ celebration is held on the anniversary of the Second Continental Congress’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But America isn’t the only country that celebrates...
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UK Election 2024: Rishi Sunak 2.0 or Keir Starmer for PM? All you need to know
The campaigning for the general elections in the United Kingdom came to an end hours before the voting was set to take place across the entire country on July 4. These elections will likely end the current reign of the Conservative Party. While UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak eyes another term in office, the opposition...
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How could a Labour-led government change the UK’s migration policies?
Thursday’s general election could bring the Rwanda deportation plan to a halt. But campaigners warn Labour against mimicking the Conservatives’ hard line on migration. ADVERTISEMENT As the UK gears up for an election likely to trigger a change in government for the first time in 14 years, the Conservatives’ plan to deport asylum seekers to...
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Here’s all you need to know about Indians’ voting rights in the UK
4 min read Last Updated : Jul 03 2024 | 4:59 PM IST As the United Kingdom (UK) is set to go to polls on July 4, a lesser-known fact is that Indian citizens living in Britain can also vote. The UK is home to 1.8 million Indian diaspora, which can, therefore, help determine...