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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves Downing Street in London, on July 5, 2024. Britain’s new left-leaning government said Sunday July 28, 2024 that the nation is “broke and broken,” blaming the situation on its predecessors ahead of a major speech on the state of the public finances that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for higher taxes. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych, File)

U.K.’s new Treasury chief axes projects to save costs and confirms deal to end doctors strike

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, background center, poses for a photograph with the new intake of Scottish Labour Members of Parliament, outside no 10 Downing Street, in London, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Lucy North/PA via AP)

Hundreds of new U.K. lawmakers gather to be sworn in as Parliament returns after a dramatic election

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria take a walk by the River Mersey in Liverpool, England, during the Labour Party Conference, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Tomorrow he will deliver his keynote speech to delegates. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer makes his pitch to U.K. voters with speech vowing national renewal

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the headquarters of Iceland Foods in Deeside, Wales, Friday Nov. 8, 2019. Johnson pushed hard for the early election, which is coming more than two years ahead of schedule, after Parliament thwarted his plans to have Britain leave the EU on Oct. 31. Johnson hopes to win an outright majority in Parliament so he can pass a divorce bill in time for Britain to leave by the next Brexit deadline on Jan. 31. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool via AP)

UK parties attack rival spending plans in election feud

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press