Lord Cameron quits as Foreign Secretary as Rishi Sunak appoints new interim Shadow Cabinet: Live

Britain’s mayors arrived at Downing Street for a roundtable meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who pledged to relax the UK government’s “tight grip” on large cities and regions.

This morning, guests who walked into 10 Downing Street included London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotherham.

Before entering 10 Downing Street, Khan said: “I look forward to meeting the new prime minister.”

After Sir Keir Starmer confirmed the deportation policy would be scrapped, the Rwandan government said Rwanda had “fully complied with the terms of the agreement”.

The prime minister announced last weekend that a plan by the previous Conservative government to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda was “dead before it even got started”.

In a statement, a Rwandan government spokesperson said: “Rwanda has taken note of the UK government’s intention to terminate the Migration and Economic Development Partnership Agreement, as provided for in the terms of the treaty adopted by our two parliaments.

“This partnership was initiated by the UK government to address the irregular migration crisis affecting the UK – this is a UK problem, not Rwanda’s.

“Rwanda has fully met its obligations under the agreement, including financially, and remains committed to finding solutions to the global migration crisis, including by providing safety, dignity and opportunities for refugees and migrants who come to our country.”

Rishi Sunak appointed a shadow cabinet following a heavy defeat for the Conservative Party.

The party has named Jeremy Huntnarrowly retained his seat as shadow chancellor on Thursday, matching that of shadow home secretary James Cleverly, who holds an identical role in government.

Lord Cameron is quitting frontline politics, with former deputy foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell set to become shadow foreign secretary and former Treasury economic secretary Richard Fuller appointed as the new Conservative Party chairman.

Leadership frontrunner Kemi Badenoch was moved to shadow cabinet minister; Kevin Hollinlake He will take up his predecessor’s post as Business Secretary.

But the former prime minister has tendered his resignation and will no longer serve in the shadow cabinet for now. Outside the government.

The Prime Minister has ordered civil servants to compile a dossier on the state of the economy over the past 14 years. Tory Party rule.

She said in a speech at the Treasury Department that she Repeated warnings of dire situation The state of public finances during the general election, “is confirmed by what we have seen in the last 72 hours”.

Outspoken Ex Home Secretary He also said that the Conservatives have not yet realized Nigel Farage and his reform Despite the crushing defeat in the election, the Democratic Party remains steadfast in its support.

In a fiery speech, she told the audience that in the election: “We were massacred. Beaten up. Beaten up. We were thrown to the ground and kicked. Hit in the head with reality.”

Conservative Party It suffered a crushing defeat in last week’s election, losing power after 14 years in power.

Ahead of the July 4 vote, several Conservative MPs, including Michael Gove and Nadim Zahawi, made it clear they would not stand again – perhaps predetermining their fate in the face of dire polls.

It’s a fair strategy—after all, the previous leader was The most successful Labour Party in historyIn 1997, Starmer won 179 seats, the highest target he had aimed for, and to his credit, he came close to achieving it.

As my independent colleague John Rentoul It has been pointed out that the 174 seats Labour gained this time were mathematically identical to New Labour, given the smaller size of the House of Commons: Blair won 63.5% of the 659 MPs, Starmer received 63.4% of the 650 votes cast..

The central message of Sir Keir Starmer’s speech to MPs was that “adults are back in power”, Labour MP Naz Shah said as he left the party’s first meeting since the election.

“This is not a playground, this is running a country, and action needs to be taken now,” she said.