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Keir Starmer set to become UK's new PM as Labour Party wins majority in Parliament

Labour Party is hurled towards a landslide majority in the parliamentary elections and dealt a bruising defeat for incumbent premier Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party. As Labour crossed the halfway mark of 650 constituencies to clinch the minimum 326 required for a majority in Parliament, Starmer, 61, stepped up to make his victory speech in London just hours away from formally becoming the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.