U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his new Cabinet to change gears and deliver for the British people as he seeks to fend off the rise of Nigel Farage’s populist insurgent Reform U.K. Party.
The prime minister spent the weekend completing a wide-ranging reshuffle of his government, appointing more than four dozen junior ministers after overhauling his Cabinet on Friday. In a clear sign that immigration and the economy are two primary areas of focus, he revamped his Home Office team just days after appointing new economic advisers.
"What Keir Starmer has done is put a new team in place and said to us all, you’ve got to go up a gear,” Defense Secretary John Healey, one of the most senior ministers to retain their post, told Sky News on Sunday. "We’ve got to start to show that we can help change people’s lives, make them better off and make them more secure. That is the challenge for each and every one of us now.”
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