‘Really important victory’: Starmer greeted with standing ovation as he meets new Labour mayor

Starmer greeted with standing ovation as he meets new Labour mayor in East MidlandsSource: PA

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00:00Thank you very much for having us here today.

00:27Well, my friends, thank you so much for everything you have done, not just to secure our mayoral

00:46victory here in the East Midlands, but to secure Labour here in the East Midlands, right

00:54across all of our seats.

00:56Today is the day that we celebrate the beginning of the turning of the page, one of the last

01:02milestones now as we go into that general election.

01:05So enjoy this moment, we have lots of work to do, but this is vindication of the hard

01:10work.

01:11Let's turn the page on decline and usher in national renewal with Labour.

01:17Thank you so much what you've achieved here, a fantastic, really important victory.

01:22Thank you so much.