Keir Starmer’s prevention politics
The Labour leader is motivated by a desire to stop disaster before it happens.
ByKeir Starmer
Keir Rodney Starmer is a Labour Party politician who became Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. He has been MP for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015 and leader of Labour since April 2020. Starmer, born in 1962, studied law at the University of Leeds and Oxford, then became a barrister specialising in human rights. In 2008 he was appointed director of public prosecutions, for a five-year term. Find news, comment, and analysis about him here.
Keir Starmer’s democratic dilemma
Labour’s leader might find himself at odds with the party’s National Policy Forum this weekend.
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The by-elections were a warning to Sunak – and Starmer
Uxbridge shows that Labour has not yet sealed the deal with the public.
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Lisa Nandy’s housing plan is radical and – most importantly – cheap
The shadow housing and levelling-up secretary is showing voters how Labour can change things without spending big.
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Will Labour dare embrace Tony Blair’s agenda?
Greater use of AI and the private sector would force Keir Starmer to slay more left taboos.
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Who in Labour gets climate and nature?
To achieve Keir Starmer’s mission for sustained economic growth, the party must put nature at its core.
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PMQs: Keir Starmer talks tough on spending
The Labour leader co-opted the Tories’ “magic money tree” line of attack.
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Tony Blair anoints his successor
Keir Starmer’s appearance at the former PM’s Future of Britain conference was like a graduation.
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Can Anas Sarwar stand up to Keir Starmer?
Labour’s refusal to scrap the two-child benefit cap is a test of the Scottish party’s independence.
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Keir Starmer’s most dangerous months now lie ahead
The Labour leader faces a tension between economic orthodoxy and the promise of change.
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“Cautious Rachel” defends two-child benefit cap
Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting put on a jovial show of Labour unity amid rumours of division.
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Will the child benefit cap fracture Starmerism?
Shadow cabinet ministers are toeing the line but the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has said he will still scrap…
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How Labour can be radical for free
Starmer should embrace comprehensive reform of the voting system, the House of Lords and party funding.
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Why is Keir Starmer backing the two-child benefit cap?
The Labour leader is supporting a policy that he previously declared should be scrapped.
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What could go wrong for Keir Starmer?
The burden of being the frontrunner to be the next prime minister is starting to show.
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Does Labour’s soft left have a future?
In the face of Starmer’s attacks, we can either slink off into political isolation or work together to reclaim our…
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Labour’s fiscal paradox
Keir Starmer is doing everything he can to not be Liz Truss – but does that mean he’s just Rishi Sunak?
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It’s hard to be a “tree-hugger”, but progressive politicians must try
The EU’s Nature Restoration Law could signal the start of a new backlash against environment policy, not the end.
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David Blunkett: “Labour needs to be radical but not scary”
The former home secretary on how Keir Starmer can convince voters and what Rachel Reeves is getting right.
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“Take back control” has become “we can’t control”
The implication of Labour’s focus on “resilience” is that modern subjects are weak, inflexible and unable to cope.
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