Starmer has not waited to get straight to work, holding his first meeting as the new head of the executive with his newly minted cabinet this Saturday in Downing Street – now his office and official residence.
Britain’s new Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave assurances on Saturday that his government will pursue “a different policy,” buoyed by the clear majority it won in the recent UK general election. True to his word, Starmer has not waited for that to happen, getting down to work immediately and holding his first meeting as the new head of the executive with his newly minted cabinet this Saturday in Downing Street – now his office and official residence.
Without wasting a minute, he formed a team yesterday in which there were no surprises, just minutes after making his first speech to the nation in that position, after receiving the order from King Charles III to form a government.
He clarified the situation during a press conference held today keys to your future planHe explained that the previous Conservative government’s controversial immigration plan, the so-called ‘Rwanda plan’ – deporting prospective asylum seekers entering the UK in small boats via the English Channel to that country – is ‘dead and buried’.
“The Rwanda plan was dead and buried before it started. It never had a deterrent,” Starmer said, “and I am not prepared to continue with plans that will not deter anyone,” he stressed. His predecessor had claimed that the deportation plan to the African country would change the minds of the hundreds of migrants trying to enter the UK, mainly via the perilous Channel route. “Look at the numbers of migrants we have received since the beginning of the year. A record in the first six months,” he stressed.
Starmer has also promised to confront fiscal challenges who await him with ‘complete honesty’, although he has admitted that he will have to make ‘difficult decisions and make them quickly’.
He has also indicated that this is the “number one mission” of a Labour government stimulate economic growth and that he will ensure “that this growth takes place in all parts of the country.”
Next Tuesday, Starmer travels to Washington to take part in the summit of the NATO, where he intends to make clear the support of this country to the Alliance. In this sense, he has emphasized that the security and defense will be the “first task” what this government has to deal with.
It will also have to host the next summit of the European Political Community in the UK on 18 July.
Source: EITB
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