How will Starmer run No 10?
The party leader wants an inner cabinet to help change Downing Street – but reform shouldn’t get in the way…
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.
Labour’s uneasy victory over Gaza
Shadow cabinet ministers are asking why it took an SNP motion for the party to shift its position.
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PMQs review: the Tories can’t escape the Post Office scandal
Rishi Sunak refuses to back Kemi Badenoch in her public spat with the former Post Office head.
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Keir Starmer’s thirst for power
A landmark new biography portrays the Labour leader as a man with an entirely abnormal drive and a narrow-eyed focus…
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Has Labour’s position on Gaza actually changed?
The party’s language towards Israel has toughened but its previous conditions for a ceasefire remain.
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The prime minister for victims
Britain is a nation beset by trauma, and Keir Starmer’s role will be to assuage it.
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Labour’s £28bn U-turn shows why we need Green MPs
Our largest political parties seem unwilling to invest in a secure, green future.
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What Labour’s by-election woes mean for Sunak
Another Labour candidate has been suspended for anti-Semitism – is the opposition stalling?
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How indecision turned toxic for Labour in Rochdale
Dithering over Azhar Ali’s by-election campaign has reignited the anti-Semitism row and damaged Keir Starmer’s public image.
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Labour’s withdrawal of support for Azhar Ali has come too late
Keir Starmer’s reputation for purging anti-Semitism from the party has been diminished.
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Why the Azhar Ali affair is so damaging for Labour
The party’s delayed suspension of its Rochdale candidate for anti-Semitism has undermined its political and moral credibility.
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Keir Starmer’s Rochdale problem won’t go away
Having stuck by Azhar Ali following his anti-Semitic comments, the question now is what the party does if he wins.
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Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves announce dramatic cut in green plan
Labour will now pledge only to invest £4.7bn a year rather than £28bn.
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Labour’s £28bn U-turn comes with serious risks
The biggest problem voters have with Keir Starmer is that he appears inconsistent and unprincipled.
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So long, £28bn: Can Labour achieve “green prosperity” without its headline pledge?
Keir Starmer is finally dropping the party's flagship investment policy. But how important is a number?
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Why Labour has finally U-turned on its £28bn green pledge
The leadership concluded that the policy was simply too politically dangerous.
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Should Labour defy Tory attacks on its £28bn green pledge?
Worrying about debt is not just an eccentric preoccupation of Conservative Treasury ministers.
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak’s year keeps getting worse
The Prime Minister’s crude trans joke and his £1,000 Rwanda bet have exposed his lack of judgement.
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Who runs Labour?
The party’s divisions over green investment have become a challenge to Keir Starmer’s authority.
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What Peter Mandelson’s return means for Labour
Is he drawn by the proximity of power, or by the struggle for Keir Starmer’s political soul?
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