Britain's Labor Party came to power after winning the historic elections.

Britain’s Labour Party swept to power Friday

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after more than a decade in opposition,

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as a jaded electorate handed the party a landslide victory

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but also a mammoth task of reinvigorating a stagnant economy

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and dispirited nation.

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