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UK · Politics

Labour Wins Historic Landslide as Starmer Enters Downing Street

Keir Starmer's Labour Party secured 412 seats in the 4 July general election — its largest majority since 1997 and the most decisive Conservative defeat in over a century.

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Jessica Holloway — Political Editor
"Starmer's majority is vast. What he does with it will define a generation of British politics."
Sarah Holloway — Economics Correspondent
"The inflation crisis of 2022 was not just a statistic. It was a reckoning with decades of energy dependency."
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