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    UK chooses ‘brighter future’ as exit poll suggests landslide for Labour

    by David Hughes Jul 05, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Sir Keir Starmer is set to become the UK’s next prime minister as voters chose a “brighter future” with Labour.

    The party is forecast to win a landslide 170-seat majority, with the Tories reduced to their lowest number of MPs on record.

    It means Rishi Sunak’s term as Prime Minister looks set to end in electoral disaster, with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK establishing a foothold in Parliament and the Liberal Democrats forecast to make gains.

    In the first result of the night, shadow education secretary held Houghton and Sunderland South, into third place.

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