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Britain’s new lawmakers excitedly squeezed into parliament on Tuesday with Labour sitting on the government’s side of the chamber for the first time in 14 years following last week’s landslide win. More than 400 Labour MPs jostled for space on the ruling side of the green-benched House of Commons, with many having to stand, as parliament returned after being dissolved before Thursday’s vote. New Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the house for the first time as Britain’s leader, vowing to “put an end to a politics that has too often seemed self-serving and self-obsessed”.