As Gordon Brown intervenes, where is Keir Starmer?
Labour’s ambition to be seen as an alternative government hinges on its response to the cost-of-living crisis.
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.
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the “deep state”
Why authoritarians use conspiracy theories to distract from their own failures.
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Sam Tarry: Starmer’s position on public sector pay “will totally break down”
The sacked shadow transport minister warns that the Labour leadership is making “catastrophic errors” by “creating a punch-up with our…
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Keir Starmer is letting a crisis go to waste
The Labour leader’s hyper-cautious strategy may put him in government, but not in power.
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Liz Truss says that an economic recession “is not inevitable”
The Foreign Secretary has suggested that the fiscal downturn could be averted with her planned tax cuts.
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How Gordon Brown wields power behind the scenes in Starmer’s Labour
As the party seeks to forge a vote-winning policy agenda, it has turned to the “enormous brain” of the former…
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Keir Starmer’s U-turn on picket lines shows Lisa Nandy’s strength
By visiting striking workers, the shadow levelling-up secretary has proved herself an astute political operator.
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Labour can’t just offer growth for growth’s sake
Policymakers should focus on building an economy that generates good lives, not just GDP.
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Liz Truss is gaining momentum in the Tory leadership race
The Defence Secretary has endorsed Truss's campaign in a major coup – but Rishi Sunak could fight back this weekend…
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Why Labour can’t afford to lose the trade unions
They have contributed 58 per cent of the party’s donations and loans so far this year.
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Has Keir Starmer let ordinary workers down?
The fallout continues following Sam Tarry’s sacking, as union leaders call Labour “irrelevant” to working people.
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Keir Starmer’s sacking of Sam Tarry threatens a new Labour civil war
The Labour leader’s decision to fire the shadow transport minister for joining a rail picket line has enraged trade unions…
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The case for public ownership of energy has never been stronger
Keir Starmer should recognise that renationalisation is best for consumers and the planet.
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Labour is right to focus on growth – now they need a plan to deliver it
The opposition must be bolder if it wants to gain the electorate's trust.
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Labour is wrong to turn against nationalisation
Obsessed with dissociating himself from Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer is irrationally shunning sensible, popular policies.
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Where does Labour really stand on rail nationalisation?
Confusion over the party’s stance on public ownership has muddied Keir Starmer’s economic message.
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Why Keir Starmer has borrowed the Tories’ “magic money tree” attack line
The Labour leader is framing Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak as dangerous radicals, and his party as mainstream and safe.
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Labour must fill its foreign policy vacuum
It’s not enough for Keir Starmer to assert that the UK will play a leading role in the Western alliance.…
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PMQs: Boris Johnson warns that he’ll be back
At his final PMQs, Johnson made clear that he is as hungry for power as ever.
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PMQs today: Starmer takes aim at Sunak
Boris Johnson was a mere bystander as the Labour leader targeted the Tory candidates’ tax affairs.
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