Alex Salmond bids to disrupt Labour with pro-independence electoral pact
The former Scottish first minister has written to all SNP MPs calling for an agreement between Alba, the SNP and…
ByKeir Starmer
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer. He has been an MP since 2015 and leader of the Labour Party 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.
Andy Burnham is a recurring problem for Starmer
The Manchester mayor has intervened again in Labour politics. Last month he told the party leadership to “leave me alone”.
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Faiza Shaheen: “I get annoyed by the ‘left candidate’ badge”
The Labour candidate on why social mobility is a myth, Keir Starmer’s broken pledges and how she plans to beat…
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How Labour’s £28bn green pledge could deliver beyond climate
As shadow ministers question the opposition’s green spending plans, experts have plenty of ideas on where to invest.
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Will Keir Starmer’s green energy plan threaten Labour’s Scottish recovery?
The Labour leader’s planned ban on North Sea oil and gas licences could alienate more voters than it attracts.
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Celebrating Labour’s nepo babies
Everyone in the party knows everybody else, and that’s a good thing.
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Keir Starmer’s plan to let EU citizens vote doesn’t go far enough
We could decide to give the vote to all permanent residents in the UK regardless of citizenship.
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The British centre left is doomed to be cringe
From podcasts to politics, the nation’s centrists can’t stop embarrassing themselves.
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