Rachel Reeves is expected to become Britain's first female Chancellor while Yvette Cooper will become Home Secretary, as Sir Keir Starmer unveils his Cabinet.
Britain's main opposition Labour party looks set for a landslide election win, exit polls indicated on Thursday, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule marked by financial austerity, Brexit division and scandal.
The Labour Party leader Starmer, in a post on X published shortly after the exit polls were announced, thanked everyone who has “put their trust in our changed Labour party”.
The next 72 hours will offer an insight into the pace and shifting priorities that the new prime minister can expect to grapple with during his time in office
Keir Starmer, 61, is a social liberal, fiscal moderate and leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, which polls predict will win Thursday’s parliamentary election by a landslide.
Rishi Sunak on Friday apologised to the public after his Conservatives were trounced by Labour in the UK general election, saying he would step down as party leader. Prime Minister-elect Keir Starmer pledged to start a period of "national…