LONDON — Last Friday’s parade of new cabinet ministers into No. 10 Downing Street was more like a red carpet premiere than a well-scripted changing of the guard. Usually the rookie ministers stride into No. 10 looking sober, dressed in dark suits, sensible shoes and freshly coiffed and forgettable hairstyles. Not this time. Instead, ministers...
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New UK PM Starmer creates ‘Mission Delivery Boards’ for new Cabinet
London, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday presided over his first Cabinet meeting and created “Mission Delivery Boards” for his ministers, including British Indian Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, to drive through the “change” he said the public had voted for in the general election. New UK PM Starmer creates ‘Mission Delivery Boards’ for new...
New UK Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is ‘dead and buried’
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that he is scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Starmer welcomed the new ministers around the table at 10 Downing St., saying it had been the honour of his life to be asked by King Charles III to form a government(AFP) “The Rwanda scheme...
Lisa Nandy among record set of women in UK PM Keir Starmer Cabinet
London, Lisa Nandy, the Indian-origin member of Parliament re-elected from Wigan in north-west England, will assume her position at Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Cabinet table on Saturday as his new Culture Secretary alongside a record number of fellow women ministers. Lisa Nandy among record set of women in UK PM Keir Starmer Cabinet The 44-year-old...
Britain’s New First Lady, Victoria Starmer, Loves Fashion – and Doesn’t Mind Borrowing It
LONDON — Two British fashion labels, Me+Em and Edeline Lee, have emerged as winners in the U.K. general election thanks to Victoria Starmer, whose husband Sir Keir Starmer became U.K. prime minister on Friday following Labour’s victory in the polls. Until recently, Victoria Starmer, a lawyer-turned-occupational therapist who works for the National Health Service, has kept...
Kyrgios’ Djoker-powered step towards comeback; Murray’s Bond moment: Wimbledon Talking Pts
The second day at Wimbledon opened with the sad news Andy Murray would not be able to play his singles, which prompted emotional reactions around the ground but also evoked memories of one of the great press conferences in recent history in tennis. Did someone say the name Bond? James Bond? Not Nick Kyrgios, who...
Can a New Government Help Britain Get Its Cool Back?
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Brexit isn’t working and Britain needs a new deal, business leader warns
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StanChart fails to cut US sanctions breach claims from London lawsuit
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