Sir Keir and Lady Victoria entered No 10 to clapping from staff. Pic: PA
To voters who did not vote for the Labour Party, Sir Keir said: “My government will serve you.”
“Politics can be a force for good – we will show that,” he added.
He said: “If I asked you now whether you believed that Britain will be better for your children, I know too many of you will say no – and so my government will fight until you believe again.”
Sir Keir Starmer’s Downing Street speech in full
But he warned changing a country “is not like flicking a switch… this will take a while, but I have no doubt that the work of change begins immediately”.
Sir Keir invited “you all to join this government of service in the mission of national renewal”.
He said his government will be “unburdened by doctrine, guided only by the determination to serve your interest, to defy quietly those who have written our country off”.
“Our work is urgent and we begin it today,” he concluded to cheers.
King Charles welcomes Keir Starmer during an audience at Buckingham Palace.
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