Starmer: We have a huge amount of work to do

"We've got a huge amount of work to do, so we're going to tackle it now."
This was stated by the new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the first meeting of his government. He promised that growth will be the "number one mission" of the new executive power, reported AFP.
Starmer also confirmed his previously announced intention to end the outgoing Conservative government's flagship scheme to deport migrants to Rwanda.
"The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started. I am not ready to continue with tricks that do not act as a deterrent," the Prime Minister said.
Starmer spent his first hours in Downing Street on July 5 appointing his team of ministers, hours after his centre-left party returned to power with a huge majority in parliament.
Among the important appointments to lower posts is Patrick Vallance, the government's chief science adviser during the Covid-19 pandemic, who became science minister.
James Timpson, whose shoe repair company employs ex-criminals, was also appointed prisons minister.
Both will be given seats in the upper house of parliament to join the government, as neither is an elected MP.
Starmer said both new ministers were people "about change" and exemplified his determination to deliver concrete improvements in people's lives.
"I am anxious for change and I think and hope that what you have already seen demonstrates that," the Prime Minister said. | BGNES