PM wishes the Lionesses ‘the very best of luck’ for Euros

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets with the Lionesses squad at St George’s Park and wishes them “the very best of luck” for the UEFA Euro 2025 which will take place in Switzerland in July. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00More generally, I just wanted to have this opportunity to come and see you, to wish you

00:05the very best of luck in the Euros. And I say that as Prime Minister, I say that as a massive

00:11football fan, England fan in particular, I've seen you play in the last Euros, but I say it on behalf

00:19of the millions of people in this country who would love to have the opportunity to stand right here

00:23and say good luck to you. So take this from me as Prime Minister, take it from me as a massive

00:28football fan, but also take it imagining all the millions of people who will be willing

00:35you on, absolutely right behind you as you go into this. The interest and playing of women's

00:42football has been huge, I guess, that there is, which is down to you. And I hope you sort

00:49of really realise what a difference you're making.

00:52Thank you very much. Brilliant. Thank you so much. Thank you. I just wanted to hear from

01:10you. I mean, you wrote to us and challenged this or challenged the last government.

01:14Lots of handwriting above. Yeah, but quite right. You said this has got to change. And I'm really

01:21pleased that we've been able to pick that up with the enrichment framework that we've put

01:24in place.

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