Prime Minister to visit all four nations of the UK

The new prime minister announced he would visit all four nations of the UK, claiming he had won a national mandate through his landslide election victory.

Sir Keir Starmer confirmed he would first visit Scotland before travelling to Northern Ireland, Wales and returning to England.

At a Downing Street press conference, he also said “mission implementation” boards would be created to implement 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 every corner of the UK”.

He said: “We received a clear mandate from the four nations on Thursday.

“For the first time in over 20 years we have a majority in England, Scotland and Wales, which gives us a clear mandate to govern all four corners of the United Kingdom. So I will be leaving tomorrow to visit all four nations.”

He said he would meet with prime ministers and “set out a way of working across the UK that is different and better than the way we have worked in recent years and that recognises the contributions of all four nations”.

He added: “I reminded the entire cabinet that we will be judged on our actions and not our words.”

Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby called for “one concrete thing” for Labour to deliver in its first 100 days.

Sir Keir said the government’s mindset had already changed to “country first, party second”.

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Sir Keir joked that he had not “quite unpacked” yet but would soon be moving into Number 10.

“I have a basic understanding of the pieces I’ve used so far here,” he said with a smile.

He held his first cabinet meeting in Downing Street earlier on Saturday, telling his ministers: “Now we get on with our work.”

Next week Sir Keir will make his international debut when he travels to Washington DC for the NATO leaders summit.

His cabinet will focus on the first six steps set out in Labour’s manifesto: ensuring economic stability, cutting NHS waiting times, launching a new border security command, creating Great British Energy, tackling anti-social behaviour and recruiting 6,500 teachers.

In his first speech as prime minister on Friday, Sir Keir promised that “the work of change begins immediately”.

The Labour Party won a crushing victory – winning 412 seats and the Conservatives winning 121, the worst result in its history.

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