Human rights lawyer Keir Starmer has been appointed leader of the Labour Party. He succeeds Jeremy Corbyn. 

The Labor Party will continue to lead the opposition amidst the COVID-19 crisis in Great Britain.

With Brexit negotiations frozen, Starmer will focus  on monitoring the conservative government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

After his election, Starmer said that "national interest will prevail over criticism of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's administration" and added that his party will avoid making "impossible demands" in times of crisis.

In the election to choose the Labor party leader, Starmer won the support of 56.2 percent of the vote, business spokeswoman Rebecca Long-Bailey reached 27.6 percent, and lawmaker Lisa Nandy reached 16.2 percent.

In December 2019, the Labor Party suffered its worst defeat at the polls since the 1930s, giving way to an absolute majority of conservative PM Johnson.