All news on the topic: Keir Starmer

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Keir Starmer backs Esther Rantzen's calls for law change on assisted dying
The Labour leader, who backed a change in the law the last time the issue was considered in the Commons in 2015, said there are 'grounds for changing the law' on assisted dying
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JK Rowling, Tony Blair and Keir Starmer pay tribute at Alistair Darling memorial
Labour leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves gathered in Edinburgh for a memorial service to pay tribute to former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling
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Keir Starmer mocks Tory MPs 'pretending to be mafia' over Rwanda Bill chaos
Labour leader Keir Starmer asked Tory MPs in the Commons to identify themselves after anonymous quotes appeared in newspapers describing Rishi Sunak as a 'bad politician' and demanding 'he's got to go'
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Keir Starmer admits Labour needs to do more to improve diversity in the party
The Labour leader said he wants a 'diverse' party 'that represents the communities' it wants to serve, after he was asked about concerns of a lack of diversity in its selection of new MPs
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Keir Starmer says Tories are more like Donald Trump than Sir Winston Churchill
Labour leader Keir Starmer vowed to offer the country 'serious, mundane and practical' leadership in place of the Tory 'psychodrama' and the "circus" of Westminster
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Lame duck Rishi Sunak's authority collapses as demands grow for election now
As the PM Rishi Sunak faces a perilous week with the Covid Inquiry and a Tory civil war over Rwanda the Labour leader Keir Starmer says: 'Their ability to govern has collapsed'
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Keir Starmer's rarely-seen 'gorgeous' wife - NHS job, awkward blunder, faith
Who is Keir Starmer's wife? Here is everything we know about the Labour leader's partner of 15 years, Lady Victoria Starmer, who rarely appears in the limelight
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Keir Starmer confronted on train to Glasgow by pro-Palestine protester
Keir Starmer was confronted by the pro-Palestine protester who demanded that the Labour leader call for a ceasefire while he was on a train to a charity event in Glasgow
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Keir Starmer insists he doesn't agree with what Margaret Thatcher did
Labour leader Keir Starmer sparked a row by hailing the divisive Tory PM Margaret Thatcher for bringing about 'meaningful change' and 'setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism'
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'Keir Starmer is playing with fire after calculated praise of Margaret Thatcher'
For Labour supporters in the party’s heartlands, Thatcher’s “meaningful change” and “sense of mission” was lost jobs, poverty and savage Tory economics that threw them on the scrapheap
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Keir Starmer hit by backlash for praising Thatcher in pitch to Tory voters
In comments that risk enraging parts of his party, Labour leader Keir Starmer hailed Tory ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for 'setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism'
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Keir Starmer vows to put UK 'back on world stage' as he meets leaders at COP28
Labour leader Keir Starmer used a trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to pledge to put Britain 'back on the world stage' if he becomes Prime Minister next year
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Rishi Sunak mocked as his mic cuts out moment he says 'Britain isn't listening'
The unfortunate moment prompted laughter from MPs as Rishi Sunak attempted to deliver his final response to Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions
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Starmer wants Labour 'as united as we can' after suffering major Gaza rebellion
Labour leader Keir Starmer said managing his party is 'secondary to the international situation' as he considers replacements for eight shadow ministers who quit over the Gaza vote
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Labour takes huge 27-point poll lead as resurrection of David Cameron backfires
The Find Out Now poll conducted in the wake of Monday’s reshuffle found support for the Tories has fallen even further in the past fortnight as Labour makes gains
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Starmer hit by huge ceasefire revolt as Jess Phillips leads slew of resignations
Almost 60 Labour MPs defied the party whip while eight Shadow Ministers were including Jess Phillips, Naz Shah and Afzal Khan resigned from Keir Starmer's frontbench
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Starmer braces for rebellion amid crunch ceasefire vote on Israel-Gaza conflict
Labour shadow ministers who vote for the ceasefire if the SNP amendment is picked on Wednesday could be sacked. But one frontbencher told The Mirror they were prepared to accept the consequences.
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Blow for Keir Starmer as Labour frontbencher quits over Gaza ceasefire calls
Imran Hussain quit as Shadow Minister for the New Deal for Working People in protest at the Labour leader's ongoing refusal to call for a ceasefire from Israel's Defence Forces
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Labour 'taking grassroots for granted over Gaza ceasefire call' as revolt grows
Keir Starmer continues to face down demands to back calls for a cessation of the violence in the Strip, as Israel retaliates for the October 7 attacks waged by Hamas
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Eleven councillors quit Labour Party as Starmer refuses to back Gaza ceasefire
After Sir Keir Starmer insisted a humanitarian pause was the 'only practical way' to battle the conflict in the Middle East, Afrasiab Anwar and ten other councillors have quit the party
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George Galloway plotting bid to oust Sadiq Khan as London Mayor next May
The 2012 Celebrity Big Brother contestant is considering running in the City Hall contest, where Labour's Mr Khan is seeking an unprecedented third term in power
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Starmer blasts 'shocking' conduct of Tories after Covid Inquiry revelations
The Labour leader said the revelations from Baroness Heather Hallett's public inquiry this week shone a light on the behaviour of those at the top of No10 at the height of the crisis
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'Keir Starmer doesn't have the luxury of listening to ceasefire claptrap'
Labour activists want Keir Starmer to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and will resign until they get it. Fleet Street Fox says he's not going to miss them
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Keir Starmer rejects call for him to quit as Labour councillors join Gaza revolt
The Labour leader has called for short 'humanitarian' pauses in the fighting to allow aid into Gaza and hostages out while allowing Israel to continue its fight against Hamas
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Rishi Sunak 'haunted by Tory imagination ghosts', says Keir Starmer
The Labour leader will use a speech in the North East to outline what he hopes to hear in next week's King's Speech - Charles' first State Opening since becoming monarch 14 months ago