New UK PM Keir Starmer selects Government ministers

Hours after his Labour Party was swept to office with a massive electoral majority, Britain’s new prime minister Keir Starmer has assembled his senior government team. Britain’s first female chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, said the government’s central mission was to restore economic growth nationwide.

Also in the programme: Hungarian PM Viktor Orban visits Moscow; and Joe Biden claims he isn’t dropping out.

(Photo: Newly elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria outside No 10 Downing Street after the Labour party won a landslide victory at the 2024 General Election. CREDIT: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)