Sir Keir Starmer is a British politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he is currently Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, having been appointed to the Shadow Cabinet by Jeremy Corbyn in 2016. He is a candidate for Leader of the Labour Party in the 2020 leadership election.
Rebecca Long-Bailey, Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy discuss what needs to change in the Labour Party on a TV debate. All three leadership candidates agreed there was not just one thing that has led to..
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Labour leadership candidates have called for a change to how social media companies police themselves. Their comments come after TV presenter Caroline Flack took her own life, Sir Keir said the wider..
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Labour leadership contender Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to reverse Boris Johnson’s end to freedom of movement for European Union citizens in the UK if he becomes prime minister. Sir Keir, who has..
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Labour leadership contender Sir Keir Starmer makes a speech admitting his party has disregarded the middle-classes and makes plans to address it. Speaking to party members at West Ham town hall, the..
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Sir Keir Starmer says Labour leadership ‘is not the job of one person’. The shadow Brexit secretary and leadership hopeful went on to defend Jeremy Corbyn’s premiership saying we need to..
Labour candidate Sir Keir Starmer visits Usdaw HQ in Wilmslow after the union gave him its backing in the leadership race. He also said Jess Phillips was 'brave' to put her name into the leadership..
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The Labour leadership candidates have clashed over their personal records on antisemitism as they went head to head in the first hustings.
Jess Phillips appeared to suggest other candidates had..
Keir Starmer talks about his desire for Labour's future, whether a woman should be the next leader, and his views on the criminality of abortion. Report by Woodsli. Like us on Facebook at..
Labour leadership contender Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to lead the fight to stamp out anti-Semitism in the party if he wins the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn. The shadow Brexit secretary, who is..
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Keir Starmer has officially launched his Labour leadership campaign in Manchester. Speaking at the Mechanics Institute, the shadow Brexit secretary said: "We need to fight to regain our heartland..
Labour leadership candidate Sir Keir Starmer is welcomed to Unison headquarters in London by General Secretary Dave Prentice after the union declared its support for him. The early front-runner met..
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Rebecca Long-Bailey says all candidates for the Labour leadership need to set out a "positive vision" for the future, as well as being able to unify the party and country.
Ms Long-Bailey is the..
The shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer has become the fifth MP to announce they are running for Labour leader. Sir Keir visited the Brexit-backing town of Stevenage to announce his plan to unite the..
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Keir Starmer has launched his bid to lead the Labour Party, promising to restore trust and confidence in the party as a force for change and good. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at..
Keir Starmer has announced his bid for Labour Party leadership with a campaign video. The shadow Brexit secretary outlines his plans for a Green New Deal and a human rights based foreign policy.
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Wigan MP Lisa Nandy has announced her bid to become Labour's new leader. She said the party needs to become less London-centric and instead root itself back in smaller communities. Jess Phillips and..
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Exclusive: Current system gives controlling partners 'easy mechanism' to commit financial abuse, warns Labour leadership contender Independent - Published
Frontrunner will propose replacing existing conventions with written constitution, arguing that Blair and Brown governments left devolution job half done Independent - Published
'Procedures committee unanimously agreed last night that in the circumstances and to ensure fairness to all candidates,' says general secretary Independent - Published
Keir Starmer, the frontrunner in the race to lead Britain's main opposition Labour Party, has pledged to end feuding within its ranks and take the fight to Prime Minister Boris Johnson if he wins the.. Reuters - Published
Keir Starmer's bid to become the next Labour leader has received a major boost after the influential trade union Unison threw its weight behind his campaign. Independent - Published
Britain's December election "blew away" the argument for a second Brexit referendum and the country must move on from its divide over whether or not to leave the European Union, the frontrunner to lead.. Reuters - Published
Keir Starmer, a former senior public prosecutor, launched his bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn as the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday with a defense of his efforts to stand up for.. Reuters - Published
Keir Starmer has confirmed his bid to be the next Labour leader, vowing to listen to the public about the way the party must change to "restore trust". Independent - Published
Keir Starmer, Brexit spokesman for Britain's opposition Labour Party, has emerged as the early front runner in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as leader, according to a poll of members. Reuters - Published
Labour leadership contender accuses Boris Johnson of failing to take crisis seriously – calling for 'cultural shift' to make preventing homelessness 'a basic human right' Independent - Published
'I don't need somebody else's name tattooed to my head, some past leader, in order to make decisions,' shadow Brexit secretary says Independent - Published
British Labour Party's Keir Starmer is "seriously considering" running to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as the party's leader, the Guardian reported http://bit.ly/2M8B1cS on Tuesday. Reuters - Published
Move follows Boris Johnson's criticism of who would carry out the role - and casts doubt on future influence of Remain-backing Keir Starmer Independent - Published
Just as the Starmer and Watson were simultaneously setting out two different policies on Brexit, three Scottish lawyers got in the way Independent - Published
Keir Starmer and others challenge Labour leader to fully nail down Article 50 extension first - delaying poll until November at earliest Independent - Published
Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed Labour will vote down Boris Johnson's bid for a general election tonight after the prime minister's Brexit plans were derailed by a humiliating defeat at the hands of.. Independent - Published
Britain's main opposition Labour Party does not trust Prime Minister Boris Johnson's proposal to hold an election on Oct. 15, before the country is due to leave the European Union, its Brexit spokesman.. Reuters - Published
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