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UK's PM-elect Keir Starmer wants 'new strategic partnership' with India

Keir Starmer, the human rights barrister elected Britain's new Prime Minister on Friday, pledged a reset not only for the country but also for the Labour Party's relationship with the Indian diaspora to pursue a new strategic partnership", including an FTA, with India if his party won a strong mandate. Stramer-led Labour won the UK general election with a landslide. Starmer, 61, will be the next prime minister, telling supporters at a victory rally that change begins now. He will now be deservedly credited with achieving an impressive reversal of fortunes for Labour after a crushing election defeat in December 2019. The other turnaround he has been working on is to try and re-build his party's relationship with British Indians, alienated under former leader Jeremy Corbyn over a perceived anti-India stance on Kashmir. "Four and a half years of work changing the party, this is what it is for: a changed Labour Party ready to serve our country, ready to restore Britain to the service of

UK Election: Expelled Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wins as independent MP

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Friday retained his Islington North seat as an independent despite being expelled from the party, which is set to rule the UK after winning the general election. Corbyn won the Islington constituency with 24,120 votes, 7,247 more votes than Labour's Indian-origin candidate Praful Nargund, who secured 16,873 votes. The 75-year-old former Labour leader served the ward as a Labour member since 1983, winning the seat 10 times at elections. But at this contest, he stood as an independent candidate after the Labour Party whip was suspended from him in 2020, The Independent newspaper reported. He faced a tight race, despite winning a majority of 26,000 - 1,180 more than this year - at the last general election in 2019 as Labour leader. British-Indian Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat on Friday as his Conservative Party was on course for one of its worst election defeats. The Keir Starmer-led Labour Party hurtled towards a landslide victory in

BJP attacks Rahul for meeting Labour MP Corbyn in London; Cong hits back

The Congress justified Gandhi's meeting and shared pictures of Corbyn with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask whether he too endorsed the "anti-India" views of the UK Labour leader and MP

How local politics and nationalism shaped football as we know it today

The sport, which began capturing global imagination just after World War I, has been used as a platform to make political and racial statements and broadcast ethnic identities

Britain's Labour Party suspends Jeremy Corbyn in antisemitism row

Corbyn said that the number of complaints made during his tenure were "dramatically overstated"

Indian-origin Lisa Nandy 3rd in race to succeed Corbyn as Labour chief

While Starmer has raced ahead with the support of 89 party MPs and MEPs, the gap between Nandy and Long-Bailey is quite narrow at 31 and 33 respectively.

Labour leadership hopeful calls for referendum on future of UK royal family

The hopeful said that he respected the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's decision after "the racism that Meghan has experienced in the British media".

Indian-origin MP Lisa Nandy announces bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn

The Wigan MP is the fourth contender to officially declare her bid in the race

Indian-origin MP Lisa Nandy in race to replace Corbyn after Labour's defeat

Some of the others seen as frontrunners for a leadership contest include Labour's shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer and Birmingham MP Jess Phillips

Deserted by voters, Corbyn's unsuccessful reign in Labour Party ends

Johnson's clarion call to get Brexit done proved more appealing than Corbyn's two-pronged approach, which raised the prospect of yet more delay in the already slow Brexit process

With Trump-style populism, Boris emerges as Uk's divisive Brexit champion

It indicates that Johnson, known by the public nationwide simply as "Boris", still has star power

UK elections: Johnson headed for majority, Labour loses ground in heartland

The snap election had been called by Johnson in a bid to win a majority for his Conservative Party and break the Commons deadlock over Brexit

Boris vs Jeremy: British elections begin; key polls for Brexit future

A total of 3,322 candidates are standing across the 650 seats in the House of Commons this year

PM Johnson in lead but hung Parliament likely in UK general polls tomorrow

This is comfortably over the magic 326-figure required for a majority in the 650-member House of Commons, but the figure remains within the margin that could well throw up a hung Parliament.

Boris Johnson on course to victory, even as margins thin: Pollster

YouGov said the uncertainty around the model was such that it was possible no party would win an overall majority

Boris Johnson promises 'transformative' Brexit as polls show him leading

There were some signs that Jeremy Corbyn's opposition Labour Party was closing the gap, but not by enough yet to keep the Conservatives out of power.

Boris Johnson is heading for a majority, Labour and Tory officials say

Speaking on condition of anonymity, five senior figures drawn from the two biggest parties said Johnson's campaign promise to "get Brexit done" is winning ground in Labour heartlands

Can Jeremy Corbyn pull off an upset? He has one last election hope left

However simplistic or misleading, Johnson's message may prove too appealing to an electorate that's tired of Brexit, and wary of what Corbyn is selling

UK's Labour Party shuns Jeremy Corbyn's anti-India stance on Kashmir

In a move that is surely going to embarrass Jeremy Corbyn, the Chair of the Labour Party Ian Lavery has outrightly disowned Corbyn's views on Jammu and Kashmir

More than 100 British MPs urge Johnson to recall parliament over Brexit

Labour main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn wants to call a vote of no confidence in Johnson's government after parliament returns