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Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC ( / ˈkɪər / ⓘ; born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and barrister who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras from 2015 to 2024, and was previously Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.
Learn about Keir Starmer's life, career, and vision for Britain. From defending human rights and victims of crime as a lawyer, to leading the Labour Party as its leader since 2020.
1 day ago · Born in 1963, Starmer is the son of a toolmaker and a nurse who named him after Keir Hardie, the Labour Party’s first leader. One of four children, he was raised in a cash-strapped household in ...
1 day ago · LONDON (AP) — Dutiful, managerial, a bit dull — Keir Starmer is no one’s idea of a firebrand politician. The Labour Party hopes that is just what Britain wants and needs after 14 turbulent years of Conservative rule. Starmer, the center-left party’s 61-year-old leader, is the current favorite to win the country’s July 4 election.
2 days ago · King Charles and the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, at Buckingham Palace in 2022. “There’s a meeting of minds in terms of the social issues at stake,” one historian said about the two men.
2 days ago · That is the negative case for voting Labour, but there are positive arguments, too. The first is that the party has been transformed.Since the last election Sir Keir Starmer has expelled Mr Corbyn ...
Sir Keir Starmer has taken control of the party machine more swiftly than Mr Corbyn managed, but some are questioning what use he is making of this unprecedented power within his party.
