“Self-interest is yesterday’s politics, I want a politics and a country that works for you,” Starmer told reporters. “We have been planning for months to hit the ground running,” he said, adding: “But look, it is not an overnight exercise changing the country.”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said voters gave his government a “mandate for change” in the UK election on Thursday and that his new Cabinet must “hit the ground running” with a focus on delivery.
Speaking in his first press conference since ousting Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives, Starmer set out what he sees as a clear shift in tone. He also immediately scrapped his predecessor’s flagship policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda.
