Keir Starmer has given his first national address as prime minister.
Speaking outside Downing Street, Starmer said he had just returned from Buckingham Palace where he had accepted an invitation from the King to form the next government 'of this great nation.'
Starmer is the country’s seventh Labour prime minister and the 58th prime minister.
In his speech he said, ‘Our country has voted decisively for change, for national renewal and a return of politics to public service.
'When the gap between the sacrifices made by people, and the service they receive from politicians grows this big, it leads to a weariness in the heart of a nation.
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