The new prime minister has announced he will tour all four nations of the UK arguing he had secured a nationwide mandate with his landslide election victory.
Sir Keir Starmer confirmed he will travel to Scotland first before heading to Northern Ireland, Wales and back to England.
During a news conference in Downing Street, the Labour leader also said “mission delivery” boards would be established to deliver on Labour’s priorities, which he would chair.
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Sir Keir Starmer said his party’s election victory had given Labour a “clear mandate to govern for all four corners of the United Kingdom”.
He said: “For the first time in 20-plus years we have a majority in England, in Scotland and in Wales and that is a clear mandate to govern for all four corners of the United Kingdom and therefore I shall set off tomorrow to be in all four nations.”
He said he would meet with first ministers and “establish a way of working across the United Kingdom that will be different and better to the way of working that we’ve had in recent years and to recognise the contributions of all four nations”.
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Sir Keir added: “At the cabinet meeting, I also discussed mission delivery, how we would put into action the plans that we had set out in our manifesto and that we will have mission delivery boards to drive through the change that we need, and that I will be chairing those boards to make sure that it’s clear to everyone that they are my priority in government.”
He went on: “I reminded the entire cabinet, that we will be judged on actions, not on words.”
The prime minister restated the Labour government’s commitment to economic growth, which his administration is relying on to deliver vital investment in public services without hiking taxes or borrowing more cash.
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As part of this he would be meeting elected regional mayors of all parties give that “those with skin in the game know what’s best for their communities”.
Sir Keir said: “There’s no monopoly on good ideas. And I’m not a tribal politician. And the principle I operate to whether it’s mayors or other elected representatives, is that where regional leaders want to deliver for their area, then, regardless of the colour of their rosette, my door is open.
“My government will work with them.”
He added: “So this will be a politics and a government that is about delivery, is about service.
“Self-interest is yesterday’s politics. I want a politics and a country that works for you.”
He quipped he isn’t “quite unpacked yet” but will be moving into No 10 soon.
“I’ve got a basic understanding of the rooms I’ve used so far here,” he said smiling.
He held his first cabinet meeting at Downing Street earlier on Saturday – telling his ministers: “Now we get on with our work.”
Next week, Sir Keir will make his debut on the international stage when he travels to Washington DC for the NATO leaders’ summit.
His cabinet will focus on the six first steps set out in the Labour manifesto: delivering economic stability, cutting NHS waiting times, launching a new border security command, creating Great British Energy, cracking down on anti-social behaviour and recruiting 6,500 teachers.
In his first speech as PM on Friday, Sir Keir promised “the work of change begins immediately”.
Labour won a landslide victory – securing 412 seats with the Conservatives getting 121 – the worst result in its history.
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