UK General Election to be on 4th July

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The Leftie hecklers are finally silenced.

In his speech Farage rails against the FPTP saying that in proportional representation his party would now have nearly 100 seats.

Farage - now an MP - attacks Starmer and his speech and warns the new Government and PM "We're coming for you."

Meanwhile, Rachel Reeves is entering No10 expecting to be the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) in 800 years that the role has existed.

 

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David Lammy is walking towards No10 now.

Along with Obama, he is the first black male to study at Harvard.

He is expected to be made Foreign Secretary.

 

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Bridget Phillipson, the first MP to be elected in this election, is on her way into Downing Street. A name most people have never heard of yet she is destined for a Government role.

And now it's Yvette Cooper, likely to be made Home Secretary.

 

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Starmer's six cabinet appointments so far​

In the last half an hour, we've seen several appointments to Sir Keir Starmer's new cabinet.

Here's who have got the top jobs so far:

Angela Rayner - Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rachel Reeves - Chancellor of the Exchequer (the first woman to be finance minister)

David Lammy - Foreign Secretary

Yvette Cooper - Home Secretary

John Healey - Defence Secretary

Pat McFadden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

 

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'Lets get to work' - Chancellor Reeves​

Rachel Reeves has been speaking at the Treasury after being made Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister).

She says she's often disagreed with political choices made in the Treasury but has never doubted the dedication of Treasury staff.

"I'm under no illusions of the scale of challenges we face," she says, adding that she can't promise it'll be easy and "it's a long road ahead".

"We're a new team, it's a new start so let's get to work," she says to loud applause.

She has also posted on social media that being the first female Chancellor comes with "historic responsibility".

"To every young girl and woman reading this, let today show that there should be no limits on your ambitions."

 

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Shabana Mahmood - Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor
Wes Streeting - Health Secretary
Bridget Phillipson - Education Secretary
Ed Miliband - Energy Secretary

 

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"You're a racist!"

Nigel Farage's speech was delayed by left wing hecklers shouting their usual accusations.

After being taken out, the Reform UK leader and new MP for Clacton-on-Sea warned Starmer: "We're coming for you."

There are still two seats to declare and Farage is hopeful that Reform will get another MP.

 

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Reform and Greens lose out in gap between vote share and MPs​

Reform UK's Nigel Farage and the Green Party's Carla Denyer saw their parties gain disproportionately fewer MPs

By Ben Chu

As we've been reporting, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been criticising the UK's first-past-the-post electoral system - Reform’s roughly 4m votes translates into a 14% share of the total vote, but only 1% of all the seats.

By contrast, Labour won 34% of total votes cast, but around 63% of the 650 seats in the House of Commons.

BBC polling expert Prof Sir John Curtice told Verify that the overall result of the 2024 election was the most disproportionate in post-war history.

The Greens also had a considerably larger vote share than seat share, with 7% of total votes cast, but only around 1% of total seats.

Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats, who have often in previous elections had a larger vote share than seat share, this time saw the two roughly equal: 12% of total votes cast and 11% of seats in Parliament.

Rachel Reeves is first female chancellor and Angela Rayner made deputy PM

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is appointing his top team, with Yvette Cooper as home secretary and David Lammy as foreign secretary.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Number of votes so far, with two seats to declare:

Labour: 9,686,329
Conservatives: 6,814,650
Liberal Democrats: 3,499,969
SNP: 708,759
Sinn Fein: 210,891
Independent: 562,040
DUP: 172,058
Reform UK: 4,102,109
Green: 1,939,509
Plaid Cymru: 194,811
SDLP: 86,861
Alliance Party: 117,191
UUP: 94,779
TUV: 48,685
Workers Party of Britain: 210,194
Social Democratic Party: 33,671
The Yorkshire Party: 17,227
Trade Union and Socialist Coalition: 12,562
Alba: 11,784
Rejoin EU: 9,245
People Before Profit: 8,438
Aontú: 7,466
Heritage Party: 6,597
UKIP: 6,530
Liberal Party: 6,375
Monster Raving Loony Party: 5,814
Christian People's Alliance: 5,604
Scottish Family Party: 5,425
English Democrats: 5,182
Party of Women: 5,077
Socialist Labour Party: 3,609
Hampshire Independents: 2,872
Communist Party of Britain: 2,622
Climate Party: 1,967
Others: 107,321

 

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Breaking News: James McMurdock wins in South Basildon and East Thurrock!

 

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In a clear message that voters want to see a progressive, compassionate centrist government, the UK has replaced the Tories with Labour. Just as soon, Canadians will replace the Liberals with the Conservatives in a clear message that voters want to see a traditional, conservative government.

“Between the cost of living crisis, home prices and the controversy around how it handled COVID, it’s clear the government has to go,” said Laura Wilshire of London, and will be said by Beth Morgenstern of London, Ontario in a few months.

“It’s time for a change. Even if that change is just electing a version of the same party that our friends across the pond just got rid of in order to make a change.”

Brits replace their right wing party with centrist party for same reasons Canadians will soon replace our centrist party with right wing party

LONDON – In a clear message that voters want to see a progressive, compassionate centrist government, the UK has replaced the Tories with Labour. Just as soon, Canadians will replace the Liberals with the Conservatives in a clear message that voters want to see a traditional, conservative...

www.thebeaverton.com

 

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Breaking News: James McMurdock wins in South Basildon and East Thurrock!

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Yep. He's Reform's 5th MP.

 

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SNP concedes defeat to Liberal Democrats in last UK seat still to declare resuls​

The SNP candidate in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire, the last seat in the UK still to announce its result, has conceded defeat.

It seems likely the constituency will go to the Liberal Democrats - although the result is not expected to be officially announced until after a second recount which will begin at 10:30 on Saturday.

The returning officer said the delay was due to a discrepancy between the verified votes total and the provisional number of counted votes.

SNP candidate Drew Hendry said he would be unable to attend the recount due to an "unmovable prior commitment", adding it has been "an absolute joy" to serve his constituents for the last nine years.

It is now expected that the seat will be won by Angus MacDonald of the Liberal Democrats.

Rachel Reeves is first female chancellor and Angela Rayner made deputy PM

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is appointing his top team, with Yvette Cooper as home secretary and David Lammy as foreign secretary.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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First official portrait of Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister

 

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Biden congratulates Starmer​

Chris Mason
Political editor

New Prime Minister Keir Starmer has spoken to US President Joe Biden. The White House said Biden called him to congratulate him.

Starmer also addressed an all-staff meeting in Downing Street this afternoon.

It is thought he may speak to some other foreign leaders tonight. It is likely he will also speak to the devolved leaders in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.

Tomorrow morning, he will hold the first meeting of his new cabinet.

Biden looking forward to working with new leader - White House​

More on that call between the US and British leaders - White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre says the president was keen to work with Starmer.

"This is a special relationship between our countries and the president conveyed that he looks forward to working closely with the prime minister on the full range of critical issues that the United States and the United Kingdom are engaged on," she said.

Rachel Reeves is first female chancellor and Angela Rayner made deputy PM

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is appointing his top team, with Yvette Cooper as home secretary and David Lammy as foreign secretary.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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"You must be utterly exhausted!"

King Charles III appoints Keir Starmer as Prime Minister in the "kissing of hands" ceremony at Buckingham Palace

 

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Alan Campbell - Chief Whip
Darren Jones - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Richard Herner KC - Attorney General
Lucy Powell - Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council
Baroness Smith of Basildon - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal
Diane Abbott - Mother of the House (longest-serving female MP)
Hilary Benn - Northern Ireland Secretary
Ian Murray - Scottish Secretary
Jo Stevens - Welsh Secretary
Lisa Nandy - Culture Secretary
Steve Reed - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary
Jonathan Reynolds - Business and Trade Secretary
Peter Kyle - Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary
Louise Haigh - Transport Sectetary
Liz Kendall - Work and Pensions Secretary