Labour leader Keir Starmer has won Thursday's UK election with a large majority, allowing the Labour Party to return to power after 14 years in opposition.

According to Noticias ao Minuto, the Portuguese Prime Minister shared on X (previously known as Twitter) in both Portuguese and English the following message: "I congratulate Keir Starmer on his appointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. You can count on Portugal's commitment to strengthening the deep and dynamic ties between our countries and to projecting into the future the most enduring alliance in the world,"