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Britain’s Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London early on July 5, 2024. The UK’s Labour Party swept to power after winning the country’s general election, crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons. | AFP photo.

Britain’s prime minister-elect Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to start a period of ‘national renewal’ in the UK after his opposition Labour Party defeated the ruling Conservatives in the general election.

‘Today we start the next chapter -- begin the work of change, the mission of national renewal and start to rebuild our country,’ Starmer said in a triumphant victory speech in London after his party secured a majority in parliament.