Learn more

After securing one of his party’s biggest electoral wins in history, Labour leader Keir Starmer will be asked to form a government and appoint ministers this morning (5 July). Here’s six things to know about a night that saw a transformation, if not bloodbath, in the UK’s politics, with eight cabinet secretaries losing their seats so far. 1. Voters wanted change, and handed a historic victoryThe centre-left Labour Party swept to victory across the country, more than doubling its MP count and securing a majority comparable to that Tony Blair achieved in 1997. Starmer took back the “Red Wall” of…