British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that he is scrapping his predecessor91裸聊视频檚 controversial policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda as he vowed to deliver on voters91裸聊视频� mandate for change, though he warned it will not happen quickly.

91裸聊视频淭he Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started,91裸聊视频� Starmer said in his first news conference since the Labour Party swept Conservatives from power after 14 years. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 never acted as a deterrent. Almost the opposite.91裸聊视频�

Starmer told reporters in a wood-paneled room at 10 Downing St. that he was 91裸聊视频渞estless for change,91裸聊视频� 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.

91裸聊视频淲e have a huge amount of work to do, so now we get on with our work,91裸聊视频� Starmer told them.

Starmer91裸聊视频檚 Cabinet features a record number of women 91裸聊视频� 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.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 proud of the fact that we have people around the Cabinet table who didn91裸聊视频檛 have the easiest of starts in life,91裸聊视频� 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.

91裸聊视频淛ust because Labour won a big landslide doesn91裸聊视频檛 mean all the problems that the Conservative government has faced has gone away,91裸聊视频� 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.91裸聊视频檚 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 Minister91裸聊视频檚 Rishi Sunak91裸聊视频檚 pledge to 91裸聊视频渟top the boats.91裸聊视频�

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 91裸聊视频済immick,91裸聊视频� though it91裸聊视频檚 unclear what he will do differently as a record number of people have come ashore in the first six months of the year.

91裸聊视频淟abour is going to need to find a solution to the small boats coming across the channel,91裸聊视频� Bale said. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 going to ditch the Rwanda scheme, but it91裸聊视频檚 going to have to come up with other solutions to deal with that particular problem.91裸聊视频�

Suella Braverman, a Conservative hard liner on immigration who is a possible contender to replace Sunak as party leader, criticized Starmer91裸聊视频檚 plan to end the Rwanda pact.

91裸聊视频淵ears of hard work, acts of Parliament, millions of pounds been spent on a scheme which had it been delivered properly would have worked,91裸聊视频� she said Saturday. 91裸聊视频淭here are big problems on the horizon which will be, I91裸聊视频檓 afraid, caused by Keir Starmer.91裸聊视频�

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. 91裸聊视频� England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. He plans to meet with metropolitan mayors, regardless of party, saying he91裸聊视频檚 not a 91裸聊视频渢ribal politician.91裸聊视频�

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 King91裸聊视频檚 Speech, which sets out the new government91裸聊视频檚 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 Ukraine91裸聊视频檚 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 NHS91裸聊视频檚 problems.

In starker language than he91裸聊视频檚 used before, Starmer echoed Streeting91裸聊视频檚 description of the NHS as 91裸聊视频渂roken.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淓verybody who uses it and works in it knows that it is broken,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e not going to operate under the pretense or language that doesn91裸聊视频檛 express the problem as it is because otherwise we won91裸聊视频檛 be able to fix the problem as quickly as we need to.91裸聊视频�

Jill Lawless And Brian Melley, The Associated Press