Sir Keir Starmer has admitted his Labour government is “going to have to make tough decisions early” in his first press conference as Prime Minister.
The PM got down to business after Labour’s landslide victory in the General Election, holding his first Cabinet meeting in a soggy Downing Street on Saturday morning.
Mr Starmer signalled that more powers could be devolved to London Mayor Sadiq Khan to get the capital fully thriving.
At his first press conference in Downing Street, he stressed that on Tuesday he would hold a meeting with the mayors of cities across Britain to discuss how those who have “skin in the game” can take more decisions and hold more responsibilities.
The gathering in Number 10 came as Sir Keir looks to start working on his party’s manifesto pledges and prepare for a Nato summit next week.
Meanwhile leading Tory figures are preparing leadership bids after Rishi Sunak announced he would quit and used his final speech in Downing Street to apologise to the British people and the Conservative Party.
After all 650 Commons seats had been declared following Thursday’s bombshell election, Labour were left with a majority of 176 as the Tories suffered the worst result in the party’s history.
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