{"id":205946,"date":"2024-07-05T05:04:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T09:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=205946"},"modified":"2024-07-05T05:04:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T09:04:41","slug":"uk-labour-party-sweeps-to-power-in-historic-election-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/uk-labour-party-sweeps-to-power-in-historic-election-win\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Labour Party sweeps to power in historic election win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(AP) \u2014 Britain\u2019s Labour Party swept to power<\/a> Friday after more than a decade in opposition, as a jaded electorate handed the party a landslide victory \u2014 but also a mammoth task of reinvigorating a stagnant economy and dispirited nation.<\/p>

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Labour leader Keir Starmer<\/a> will officially become prime minister later in the day, leading his party back to government less than five years after it suffered its worst defeat in almost a century. In the merciless choreography of British politics, he will take charge in 10 Downing St. hours after Thursday\u2019s votes are counted \u2014 as Conservative leader Rishi Sunak<\/a> is hustled out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA mandate like this comes with a great responsibility,\u201d Starmer acknowledged in a speech to supporters, saying that the fight to regain people\u2019s trust after years of disillusionment \u201cis the battle that defines our age.\u201d<\/p>

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UK\u2019s Labour will form the next government. Follow <\/em>AP\u2019s live coverage<\/em><\/a> of the <\/em>election<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>

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Here\u2019s<\/strong> what to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n