UK's embattled Starmer vows to see out five-year term

Starmer, who won power in July 2024, also argued Britain should pursue further alignment with the EU single market, saying it was in the country's "national interest" to get "closer" to the bloc. A decade after Britons voted narrowly to leave the EU, the stance is likely to draw criticism from Brexit advocates like Nigel Farage, whose hard-right Reform UK party has led in the polls for the past year.