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Nicholas Cecil,Will Durrant and Matt Watts

Keir Starmer praises Diane Abbott and hails diverse Commons in first speech to parliament

Sir Keir Starmer and his cabinet took their seats on the Government frontbench for the first time for Labour in 14 years as parliament returned.

A new cohort of 643 MPs gathered on the green benches at 2.30pm to re-elect Speaker Lindsay Hoyle who is responsible for the House of Commons and the debates that take place in the chamber.

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