Labour leader Keir Starmer is a former human rights lawyer turned state prosecutor whose ruthless ambition and formidable work ethic look set to propel him to Britain’s highest political office. The 61-year-old, named after Labour’s founding father Keir Hardie, is the centre-left opposition party’s most working-class leader in decades. “My dad was a toolmaker, my … Read more
Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next PM with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority. London: Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll on Thursday indicated, while Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are forecast to suffer historic … Read more
Britons were voting on Thursday in a parliamentary election that is expected to bring Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to power, sweeping away Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives after 14 often turbulent years. Opinion polls put Starmer’s center-left party on course for a landslide victory but also suggest many voters simply want change after a period … Read more
As we near polling day, Helen Pidd speaks to columnist Marina Hyde and the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer John Crace, who have spent the last six weeks writing about the lowlights and gaffes of the general election campaign. Reflecting on the campaign, Marina wonders if it all ‘could have been done in an email’, and … Read more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer went head-to-head on Wednesday in their last debate before an election next week, with both launching highly personal attacks over their and their parties’ credibility. With Sunak’s Conservatives trailing Labour by around 20 points in the polls, the prime minister went on the attack, accusing Starmer of not … Read more
Central to Labour’s campaign over the last few weeks has been one key message: that the party, should it win the election on 4 July, will be a force for stability after years of political turmoil. Keir Starmer’s economic pledges have been aimed to be reassuring and cautious: no big increases in public spending, no … Read more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer sparred Tuesday over tax, the cost of living and the country’s creaking health system in an inconclusive televised debate ahead of a July 4 election expected to make one of them the country’s next leader. Sunak tried to boost his center-right party’s dismal outlook by urging voters to back … Read more
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 needs. Starmer, the center-left party’s 61-year-old leader, is current favourite to win the country’s July 4 election. Starmer has spent four years as opposition leader dragging his social democratic party … Read more
A Labour government would revolutionise the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) system to ensure Britain’s in-crisis music education system can flourish. In a potential game-changing win for the Daily Express’s Strike A Chord crusade, Sir Keir Starmer hit out at the performance measure, introduced under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in 2010, which scores students of English literature … Read more
In late 2021, Labour party members were still licking their wounds after a byelection defeat in Hartlepool, and Keir Starmer was at something of a crossroads in his leadership. He needed something big and bold that would excite his party and get the attention of voters. He was under pressure to match the ambition of … Read more
