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• Born: 2002
• Job before the Commons: Local councillor, university worker
• Constituency: North West Cambridgeshire
• Political party: Labour
• Key quote: "In this election, residents across the area heard our message of change"
• Top campaign pledges: Bring public transport under local authority control, support the recruitment of more police officers

Carling graduated from the University of Cambridge just last year with a degree in Natural Sciences and earlier this year began working as an undergraduate tutor, according to his LinkedIn profile. Since 2021, he has also been a Cambridge City councillor, recently holding an executive role for open spaces and public amenities.

The relative youngster described his victory over former Conservative MP for North West Cambridgeshire Shailesh Vara as a "political earthquake".

As the BBC noted after his election, Carling would have been a toddler when Vara, 63, was first elected in 2005.

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The new parliament will see MPs represent not just their constituents but a wide range of generations - from someone born while World War Two was still ongoing, to someone born after 9/11.

The youngest new MP, Sam Carling, turned 22 just a few months ago - three years younger than the most recent "Baby of the House" Keir Mather.

Meanwhile, the oldest serving MP, Sir Roger Gale, has already sat on the green benches of the House of Commons for 41 years.

In the next two posts, we'll give a snapshot profile of the two parliamentary age opposites.

Nick Eardley
Political correspondent, reporting from Downing Street

Sir Keir Starmer is a keen football fan. He continues to play regularly.

Ahead of England’s game tonight against Switzerland in Düsseldorf, I can report a St George’s flag has just been put up above No 10.

It replaces the Ukrainian flag for now.

Nick Eardley
Political correspondent, reporting from Downing Street

Keir Starmer is back in Downing Street. We’ve just seen him go in the back door.

He didn’t stay here last night - it normally takes a few days for new prime ministers to move in.

Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent

And it is to Washington that Keir Starmer will be travelling to in three days' time - where Ukraine and Gaza will be on the agenda as the new prime minister joins Nato leaders.

It’ll be a chance for Starmer to assess Joe Biden’s performance and ponder, perhaps, the possibility of dealing with a very different president in a matter of months.

The UK’s role as a cheerleader for Ukraine could be trickier if Donald Trump returns to the White House. Potential challenges in Europe too.

Labour speaks of a reset. But if Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally wins the second round of France’s parliamentary elections on Sunday, co-operation on issues like migration could be more complicated.

Climate change, international development and China all demand attention and present dilemmas.

Starmer has spoken of facing down the challenges of an insecure world. You wouldn’t want to be in his shoes.

Gary O'Donoghue
Washington correspondent

There are some key connections, if you like, between the new Labour government here and Washington already.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves - the first woman to hold that post in the UK government - has been over to Washington on a number of occasions, and has built links with Janet Yellen, the Treasury secretary. She's taken some of Labour's economic policy and its inspiration from Bidenomics.

The new Foreign Secretary David Lammy describes himself as an Atlanticist, who believes fundamentally in the bond between the UK and the US. He's been critical of Donald Trump in the past and had to walk back since he referred to him as an anti-women, Nazi-sympathising sociopath.

But his team have also realised that in four months' time, there may be a different administration in Washington, and that they have to be prepared for that.

Because if there's one thing that is true about British governments, is that they know the national interest lies in a close working relationship with Washington - and that cannot really depend on who is in the White House.

It's an extraordinary position here where we've got a British election in the same year as a presidential election. That hasn't happened for more than a quarter of a century.

The Starmer government is going to have to prepare for two very different eventualities.

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Hazel Shearing
Education correspondent

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It’s clear from my inbox that teaching unions want Bridget Phillipson to focus on getting more teachers into the profession – and keeping them.

Phillipson said earlier that she’d start work on recruiting 6,500 teachers “immediately”.

Pay will be crucial. Phillipson will be expected to decide teachers’ pay for the coming academic year in a matter of weeks. If her decision proves unpopular, it could pave the way for more strikes from September.

Schools in need of rebuilding work will want timelines, parents of children with SEND will want changes, and parents of children at private schools will want to know when their VAT exemption will end.

Universities will be worried about potential falls in international student numbers this autumn that could further harm their finances. Phillipson has said Labour must “stabilise the sector”, but it’s not yet clear how.

And she's taking taking the helm months into a multi-year rollout of funded childcare hours, amid concerns about a lack of places and staff, which will keep her busy.

Education is devolved so, with the exception of the end of the VAT exemption, these policies would only apply in England.

Nick Eardley
Political correspondent

The prime minister will hold a news conference this morning after his first cabinet meeting.

A No 10 source said it was to show a “new style” under Sir Keir Starmer and his intent to demonstrate “accountability”.

Starmer will continue to appoint ministers today too.

He did not stay in Downing Street last night.

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Let's take a closer look at some of those "first steps".

The new Health Secretary Wes Streeting has branded the NHS "broken" in his first day in the job, as he says negotiations with junior doctors will begin next week.

Streeting spoke with the British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday before starting fresh talks in an attempt to end a long-running pay dispute.

The BMA said the call was “positive” - it's repeatedly asked for a 35% rise, to make up for what it calls 15 years of below-inflation pay rises.

Streeting said Labour had promised to begin negotiations as a matter of urgency.

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We already knew Starmer's cabinet has a record number of women, but our colleagues in the BBC's political research unit have some other nuggets:

• The cabinet is less ethnically diverse than Rishi Sunak’s or Liz Truss's
• Angela Rayner is the only cabinet member not to have gone to university
• The proportion of cabinet members who went to a private school is much lower than recent Conservative cabinets
• All members backed remain in the EU referendum
• There are three LGBT cabinet members, who are all gay men
• In terms of time served as an MP, Keir Starmer (who was first elected in 2015) has one of the lowest time served – only pipped by Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones. But, on average the cabinet is much more experienced than recent Conservative cabinets
• The cabinet is on average slightly older than under May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak

Harry Farley
Political correspondent

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Sir Keir Starmer will set out his priorities for government today after promising to begin the work of change immediately.

The Labour cabinet will meet this morning focusing on what they call their "first steps" which include - among other things - economic stability, setting up a new green investment firm, and cutting NHS waiting lists.

The new health secretary Wes Streeting used his first day in the job to declare his department's policy is now that the NHS is broken.

Another of Labour's first steps is a new plan to tackle illegal immigration - with the party confirming it will scrap the Rwanda scheme.

As well as thousands crossing the channel in small boats, there are other looming challenges facing the new government including overcrowded prisons, junior doctor strikes, and local government funding.

Any honeymoon is likely to be short-lived.

Nadia Ragozhina
Live page editor

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Good morning from the team here in London's Broadcasting House. We've sent the overnight team home for a well-deserved rest and we're poised to bring you all of today's latest lines as it looks like it will be another busy day.

Keir Starmer and his newly picked top team will meet later this morning to focus on what they're calling their "first steps" - think economic stability, illegal immigration and NHS waiting lists.

And we're also waiting to hear who's going to get some of the junior ministerial roles.

We'll also be taking a closer look at some of the newly elected MPs - did you know that the youngest, Sam Carling, is only 22 years old?

As for the opposition, we don't yet know details of when the Conservatives will choose their next leader. Many Tories have already been discussing what went wrong - and what direction the party needs to go in next.

Stay with us.

Quoting his first speech as prime minister, the headline in today's Times is: "The work of change begins".

The Daily Mirror says yesterday "morning's drizzle didn't dampen people's spirits, such was the sense of relief and euphoria on Downing Street".

But the Daily Mail strikes a different tone. It says: "Now he has to deliver", after Sir Keir won what it calls a "loveless landslide".

According to the FT Weekend, the new prime minister knows that public support for Labour is "shallow", but his "avowedly pro-business agenda appears to have paid off" already, with housebuilding companies making gains on the stock market.

More from Saturday's papers here.

Joel Guinto
Live reporter

New Prime Minister Keir Starmer is starting his first full day on the job. Here's the latest:

• Starmer is scheduled to meet with his cabinet for the first time later this morning
• He has appointed 22 Labour MPs and peers to key cabinet positions, including a record 11 women
• The new Health Secretary Wes Streeting, has said his department's policy will be to treat the NHS as if it's "broken". Negotiations with junior doctors over the pay dispute are starting next week
• It's been confirmed that the new government will scrap the Rwanda scheme, as it had pledged
• Last night, Starmer spoke with world leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
• In international media, coverage of Labour's landslide win has centred on whether Starmer can clean up the "mess" left behind by the Conservatives

• Meanwhile among the Tories, the arguments about the best direction for the party and who is to blame have already started. Veteran Conservative Edward Leigh says they need to embrace Reform voters

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Boris Johnson has offered what he calls a 10-point "starter plan" for the Conservatives to "bash Labour and return to government as soon as possible".

In his Daily Mail column, , externalthe former prime minister says the Tories can come back "faster than you think" - and should "pound" and "hammer away" at PM Keir Starmer on 10 issues including immigration, housing and Brexit.

He says the Conservatives' loss has been "miserable to watch" and he's seen many former colleagues lose their seats "in a cull that has been in many ways unjust, even absurd".

But he claims Starmer's landslide victory is "built on sand" and is not all that it seems when you look at their vote share. (Labour gained over 200 seats but their vote share increased by less than two percentage points to 34%.)

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England manager Gareth Southgate has wished Starmer well - but says he has no tips for how to tackle being in the public eye.

"No, I don't have any advice," Southgate says. "I think when you're in a position of responsibility, as I am, you realise that advice comes from every direction.

"Everybody has a simple solution to complex problems so I'm sure he's going to be inundated," he says.

Southgate's England side are set to face Switzerland in today's crunch Euro 2024 quarter-final in Düsseldorf. The match will be Southgate's 100th as England boss in a run that has seen him outlast four British prime ministers - Starmer's now the fifth.

Simon Jack
Business editor

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There are some business issues that will require immediate attention from the new Labour government.

Thames Water is drowning in debt, 2,800 steel jobs in Wales look doomed without expensive intervention and the government must decide whether to let a Czech billionaire buy the Royal Mail. Any honeymoon will feel very short.

But the combination of a promised cap on corporation tax, the retention of generous Conservative tax breaks for companies that invest, political upheaval elsewhere in Europe and the prospect of falling borrowing costs for companies and individuals, the timing looks promising for Labour to find the holy grail - economic growth that produces the much-needed tax revenues to rescue Britain's stretched public finances.

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If you are wondering how much your vote matters, it turns out it's quite a lot in some areas.

In this election, seven seats were won by fewer than 100 votes. In Hendon the majority was just 15.

Labour candidate David Pinto-Duschinsky had tried - and failed - to win the seat before. After a recount, he won with 15,855 votes. Ameet Jogia of the Conservatives had 15,840.

Meanwhile, Labour’s Peter Dowd won Bootle with the largest majority of the election - 21,983 more than his closest rival.

You can read more on the narrowest and greatest victories here.

Gary O'Donoghue
Washington correspondent

Sir Keir Starmer will be in Washington DC next week for Nato's 75th anniversary summit, which starts on Tuesday.

It will be his first foreign trip as prime minister and a key moment to further strengthen ties between Westminster and DC.

Yesterday, Nato's head Jens Stoltenberg said he was looking forward to meeting Starmer again next week, who he described as a "strong supporter of Nato".

Stoltenberg also said he expects the military alliance will agree a "substantial package for Ukraine" at the gathering in the US capital next week.

Jamie McConkey
Politics reporter

The new Father of the House of Commons, Sir Edward Leigh, says the Conservatives should invite Nigel Farage to join the party.

Speaking to Peter Levy on BBC Look North, the re-elected MP for Gainsborough said: “We’ve got to, I think, invite Reform voters and Farage to join us. Because otherwise in five years' time we’re going to have a similar debacle. We can’t have a divided right wing vote.”

"I would absolutely welcome him [Farage] in. Join us. If he wants to stand for leader that would be a matter for our members.”

“We are being completely trashed in this election because the right wing vote is divided. Our fundamental mistake was a political mistake, of not taking Reform-type voters seriously.” More here.