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Keir Starmer

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. A former lawyer, he has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020 and has been the Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015. He became prime minister on 4 July 2024.

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Keir Starmer’s freebie row is likely to blow over post image
UK Politics Accepting Freebies Bernie Ecclestone

Keir Starmer’s freebie row is likely to blow over

by Dr Samuel Power
Plans to spy on Disabled people’s bank accounts show Labour isn’t for change post image
OPINION Disabled People Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Plans to spy on Disabled people’s bank accounts show Labour isn’t for change

by openDemocracy
Starmer expresses interest in Italy’s migration approach – How different is it from the Rwanda plan? post image
Immigration EU Migration Albania Refugee Relocation

Starmer expresses interest in Italy’s migration approach – How different is it from the Rwanda plan?

by Chiara Graziani
UK hands Chagos Islands to Mauritius, marking the end of a longstanding sovereignty dispute post image
Chagos Islands Indian Ocean US Military

UK hands Chagos Islands to Mauritius, marking the end of a longstanding sovereignty dispute

by James Brocklesby
Keir Starmer’s party conference speech – What he said and what it meant post image
UK Politics Keir Starmer Labour Party Conference

Keir Starmer’s party conference speech – What he said and what it meant

by Ben O'Loughlin
Do the Starmers’ expensive donated clothes matter? Yes and no post image
UK Politics United Kingdom Keir Starmer

Do the Starmers’ expensive donated clothes matter? Yes and no

by Dr Samuel Power
I research poverty in the UK – the two-child benefit limit is causing real and lasting harm post image
Child Poverty Young People Eradicating Child Poverty

I research poverty in the UK – the two-child benefit limit is causing real and lasting harm

by Ruth Patrick
NHS report: Why higher pay for health workers could lead to a more efficient and effective system post image
NHS Doctors Strike Health

NHS report: Why higher pay for health workers could lead to a more efficient and effective system

by Nick Krachler
Did Starmer have to be so miserable? The doom and gloom may be more political than economic post image
UK Politics UK Economy Economic Growth

Did Starmer have to be so miserable? The doom and gloom may be more political than economic

by Steve Schifferes
Keir Starmer’s ‘productivity theatre’ and the need for a recognisable Labour brand post image
UK Politics Labour Party Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer’s ‘productivity theatre’ and the need for a recognisable Labour brand

by Dr Christopher Pich
Refusing to call out Islamophobia has emboldened the far-right – and the current violence is the result post image
Legitimisation of the Far-Right Analysis Anti-Muslim Hate

Refusing to call out Islamophobia has emboldened the far-right – and the current violence is the result

by Professor Chris Allen
English nationalism’s fascist problem post image
OPINION English Exceptionalism English Nationalism

English nationalism’s fascist problem

by Wee Ginger Dug