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Controversial Rwanda deportation plan is 含羞草研究社榙ead and buried含羞草研究社: New U.K. prime minister

Starmer含羞草研究社檚 Cabinet features a record number of women

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that he is scrapping his predecessor含羞草研究社檚 controversial policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda as he vowed to deliver on voters含羞草研究社 mandate for change, though he warned it will not happen quickly.

含羞草研究社淭he Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started,含羞草研究社 Starmer said in his first news conference since the Labour Party swept Conservatives from power after 14 years. 含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 never acted as a deterrent. Almost the opposite.含羞草研究社

Starmer told reporters in a wood-paneled room at 10 Downing St. that he was 含羞草研究社渞estless for change,含羞草研究社 but would not commit to how soon Britons would feel improvements in their standards of living or public services.

The 30-minute question-and-answer session followed his first Cabinet meeting as his new government takes on the massive challenge of fixing a heap of domestic woes and winning over a public weary from years of austerity, political chaos and a battered economy.

含羞草研究社淲e have a huge amount of work to do, so now we get on with our work,含羞草研究社 Starmer told them.

Starmer含羞草研究社檚 Cabinet features a record number of women 含羞草研究社 11 of 25 ministers. Nearly all members went to public schools, another record that is a sharp break from Conservative ministers who have historically come with private school pedigrees.

含羞草研究社淚含羞草研究社檓 proud of the fact that we have people around the Cabinet table who didn含羞草研究社檛 have the easiest of starts in life,含羞草研究社 Starmer said.

Among a raft of problems they must tackle are boosting a sluggish economy, fixing an ailing health care system, and restoring trust in government.

含羞草研究社淛ust because Labour won a big landslide doesn含羞草研究社檛 mean all the problems that the Conservative government has faced has gone away,含羞草研究社 said Tim Bale, politics professor at Queen Mary University of London.

Starmer in his first remarks as prime minister Friday singled out several of the big items, such as fixing the revered but hobbled National Health Service and securing the U.K.含羞草研究社檚 borders, a reference to a larger global problem of absorbing an influx of migrants fleeing war, poverty as well as drought, heat waves and floods attributed to climate change.

Conservatives struggled to stem the flow of migrants arriving across the English Channel, failing to live up to ex-Prime Minister含羞草研究社檚 Rishi Sunak含羞草研究社檚 pledge to 含羞草研究社渟top the boats.含羞草研究社

The controversial Rwanda plan was billed as a solution that would deter migrants from risking their lives on a journey that could end up with them being deported to East Africa. So far, it has cost the government hundreds of millions of dollars and never taken flight.

Starmer denounced it as a 含羞草研究社済immick,含羞草研究社 though it含羞草研究社檚 unclear what he will do differently as a record number of people have come ashore in the first six months of the year.

含羞草研究社淟abour is going to need to find a solution to the small boats coming across the channel,含羞草研究社 Bale said. 含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 going to ditch the Rwanda scheme, but it含羞草研究社檚 going to have to come up with other solutions to deal with that particular problem.含羞草研究社

Suella Braverman, a Conservative hard liner on immigration who is a possible contender to replace Sunak as party leader, criticized Starmer含羞草研究社檚 plan to end the Rwanda pact.

含羞草研究社淵ears of hard work, acts of Parliament, millions of pounds been spent on a scheme which had it been delivered properly would have worked,含羞草研究社 she said Saturday. 含羞草研究社淭here are big problems on the horizon which will be, I含羞草研究社檓 afraid, caused by Keir Starmer.含羞草研究社

Starmer will have a busy schedule following the six-week campaign. He heads out Sunday to visit each of the four nations of the U.K. 含羞草研究社 England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. He plans to meet with metropolitan mayors, regardless of party, saying he含羞草研究社檚 not a 含羞草研究社渢ribal politician.含羞草研究社

He will then travel to Washington for a NATO meeting Tuesday and will host the European Political Community summit July 18, the day after the state opening of Parliament and the King含羞草研究社檚 Speech, which sets out the new government含羞草研究社檚 agenda.

Starmer has had phone calls with several world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Union leader Ursula von der Leyen and Ukraine含羞草研究社檚 Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

He sent Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Saturday to Germany, Poland and Sweden.

Meanwhile, Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he would open new negotiations next week with NHS doctors at the start of their career who have staged a series of multi-day strikes. The pay dispute has exacerbated the long wait for appointments that have become a hallmark of the NHS含羞草研究社檚 problems.

In starker language than he含羞草研究社檚 used before, Starmer echoed Streeting含羞草研究社檚 description of the NHS as 含羞草研究社渂roken.含羞草研究社

含羞草研究社淓verybody who uses it and works in it knows that it is broken,含羞草研究社 he said. 含羞草研究社淲e含羞草研究社檙e not going to operate under the pretense or language that doesn含羞草研究社檛 express the problem as it is because otherwise we won含羞草研究社檛 be able to fix the problem as quickly as we need to.含羞草研究社

Jill Lawless And Brian Melley, The Associated Press

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