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PRIME MINISTER
Keir Starmer
Formerly a barrister (UK)Rechtsanwalt, -anwältin an oberen Gerichtenbarrister specializing in human rights, Starmer entered politics in 2015. He became Leader of the Opposition in 2020 and Prime Minister in July 2024, after leading the Labour Party to a landslide victoryErdrutschsieglandslide victory in the general electionParlamentswahlgeneral election. key pledgewesentliches VersprechenKey pledges in his election manifesto include strengthening workers’ rights; making Britain a new, clean-energy superpower; reducing NHS (National Health Service) (UK)staatlicher GesundheitsdienstNHS waiting times; renationalizing the country’s railway network; and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote.
deputy prime ministerVizepremierminister(in)DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Angela Rayner
Rayner left school at 16 without qualifications, trained in social care (UK)Sozialarbeitsocial care and became a care worker. She later became a trade union representativeGewerkschaftsvertreter(in)trade union representative with one of the two largest unions in the UK. An MP (Member of Parliament)Abgeordnete(r)MP from 2015, she held seniorführendsenior positions in the shadow cabinet and became Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 2020. After the 2024 election, she was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local GovernmentWohnungsbauminister(in)Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government. Rayner is considered to be a possible future leader of the Labour Party.
Chancellor of the Exchequer (UK)Schatzkanzler(in)CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
Rachel Reeves
Reeves studied economics and worked in the Bank of England before becoming an MP in 2010. She worked as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2021 to 2024 and became Chancellor in July 2024, the first woman ever to hold the office in its 800-year history. She advocate sth.etw. befürworten, für etw. plädierenadvocates supply-side economicsangebotsorientierte Wirtschaftspolitiksupply-side economics, believing that economic growth is best achieved by reducing taxes, decreasing regulation and allowing free trade. In its “left power list” in 2023, The New Statesman named her the most influential person on the British left today.
Foreign Secretary (UK)Außenminister(in)FOREIGN SECRETARY
David Lammy
Lammy studied law at the University of London and was the first Black Briton to attend Harvard Law School. He has been an MP since 2000, holding ministerial positions under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was promoted to Shadow Foreign Secretary in the November 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffleUmstrukturierung, Umbesetzungreshuffle, becoming Foreign Secretary after the Labour Party’s election victory in July 2024. Lammy supports Ukraine in the war with Russia, and Israel in the war against Hamas, but has repeatedly called for an immediate ceasefireWaffenstillstandceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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