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On 30 May 2024, and following the announcement of the 2024 general election, it was announced that there would be a State Opening of Parliament on 17 July. [1] [2] The election, held on 4 July, was won by the Labour Party, which defeated the incumbent Conservative government after 14 years in office, securing a landslide victory, with Sir Keir Starmer becoming prime minister.
The 2024 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 4 July 2024, to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons, the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, defeated the governing Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a landslide victory.
In the United Kingdom's 2024 general election, 650 members of Parliament were elected to the country's House of Commons – one for each parliamentary constituency. [1] The UK Parliament consists of the elected House of Commons, the House of Lords, and the Sovereign. [2] The new Parliament first met on 9 July 2024. [3]
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The parent company behind EM TV, Media Niugini, was set up in 1984 delivering videotape foreign programming to public places. These tapes also included some local advertising inserts and community announcements. [2] In 1986 the Post and Telecommunications Corporation (PTC) issued licenses to two television stations, EM TV and NTN. [3]
In 1998 Yesterday in Parliament stopped being broadcast on FM. Instead it was broadcast only on long wave, opting-out from The Today programme. In April 2024, following the end of Radio 4's long wave opt-outs, Yesterday in Parliament moved to BBC Radio 4 Extra, [2] with a later start time of 9 am.
Cash was born in Finsbury, London, to a political family, which included seven Liberal Members of Parliament, including John Bright. [5] [6]Cash grew up in Sheffield and was privately educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire before attending Lincoln College, Oxford, from where he graduated with a BA in History.
The third debate was held on Thursday, 23 May 2024 from 15:00 to 17:00 CET at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. [ 163 ] [ 164 ] It was hosted by the European Broadcasting Union together with the European Parliament and it was broadcast on public service media channels and online platforms members. [ 163 ]