All news on the topic: Keir Starmer

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Send in your questions for Keir Starmer, the man who could be our next PM
What do you want you to ask Keir Starmer, the man who could be our next Prime Minister? The Labour leader will respond to the best questions we receive from Mirror readers
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Keir Starmer challenges Rishi Sunak to call a general election next week
Keir Starmer says Rishi Sunak should 'have the backbone' to call a general election to be held on May 2 and give voters the chance to end 14 years of Tory 'chaos, division and decline'
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Keir Starmer unveils ticket touts crackdown as he blasts Tory 'war on culture'
Keir Starmer accused the Tories of thinking 'working people don't need culture' and presiding over a 'creativity crisis', with GCSE enrolment in arts subjects down by 47% since 2010
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Return of Cool Britannia as Damien Hirst joins stars backing Labour arts plan
Artist Damien Hirst, who was a free school meals kid, will argue that culture should be 'not just for the rich by the rich' as he endorses Labour's plan to widen access
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Keir Starmer tells Esther Rantzen he wants to change law on assisted dying
The Labour leader Keir Starmer who spoke with Dame Esther Rantzen over the phone committed to holding a free vote in Parliament within five years if he wins the general election
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Keir Starmer warns it's 'immoral' many kids don't get chance to learn instrument
Labour leader Keir Starmer will reiterate his call for every child to have the chance to play a musical instrument as he visits a school in the East of England on Monday
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Keir Starmer blasts Budget as Tories' 'last desperate act' ahead of election
Labour leader Keir Starmer called the Spring Budget 'just another short-term cynical political gimmick' as he said the Tories' 'complacency takes your breath away'
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Jeremy Hunt slammed for fat jibe dubbed 'worst joke in Budget Day history'
In the House of Commons, Jeremy Hunt brought up comments by Labour peer Peter Mandelson who said Keir Starmer could "shed a few pounds"
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Sunak ignores plea for vote to ban MPs accused of sex offences from Parliament
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak failed to say when a vote on banning MPs from Parliament will be held in a sombre Prime Minister's Questions exchange on violence against women and girls
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Keir Starmer mocks Rishi Sunak with seven-word response to Arsenal question
Keir Starmer admitted he would not want to see Prime Minister and Conservative counterpart Rishi Sunak one day buy his beloved Arsenal because he wants to see the Gunners win
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George Galloway says 'this is for Gaza' as he wins Rochdale by-election
Former Labour and Respect Party MP George Galloway was heckled as he gave his victory speech after winning the Rochdale by-election for the Workers Party of Britain
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Sir Keir Starmer 'will find 90 mins for kickabout every week' even if he's PM
Football fan Sir Keir Starmer insists he will keep up his 90 minute a week football practice with pals - even when he becomes Prime Minister - as he praised his hobby for easing the 'stresses and strains' of politics
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Rishi Sunak claims he suspended Lee Anderson 'straight away' - but he didn't
At a fiery PMQs, Rishi Sunak boasted about his 'principles' as he tried to dodge questions on why he has not punished Liz Truss for her behaviour at a right-wing US conference
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Voters fooled by deepfakes of Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan amid election fears
A study conducted on behalf of strategic communications firm Charlesbye found that voters believed fake clips of the Labour leader and London Mayor were genuine
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Brits would prefer kebab with Starmer than Sunak - but someone else came top
A survey conducted ahead of the British Kebab Awards found Labour leader Keir Starmer was marginally the preferred dining partner of voters ahead of Rishi Sunak
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Labour's 1.5million new homes would boost Britain's economy by £23billion
Keir Starmer has pledged to get Britain building again with 1.5million new homes in the first five years of a Labour government, which Britain Remade says would support jobs
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Poll shows Labour now leads the Tories even amongst the country's wealthiest
A survey of High Net Worth Individuals by wealth management firm Saltus found they were almost twice as likely to back Keir Starmer over Rishi Sunak at the election
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Tory wipeout at election relished by nearly every Mirror reader - latest poll
Mirror readers are largely united in their wish for 14 years of Tory misrule to come to a merciful end, with thousands saying they would be delighted to see the party wiped out at the next election.
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Labour calls for 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire' in Gaza ahead of key vote
Over 28,000 Palestianians have so far been killed in the conflict and dozens of aid charities have called on all MPs to vote for an immediate ceasefire this week
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'Starmer should be wary of a final fall - Labour needs to get its act together'
Darren Lewis says the Labour Party appears convinced it needs only to turn up to win a general election – because it’s not the Tories
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Keir Starmer secretly thought about quitting as Labour boss after 'kick in guts'
A new biography of the Labour leader Keir Starmer claims he saw the loss of the Hartlepool by-election as a 'personal rejection' and told his top advisers he would resign
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Starmer ‘lost respect’ for Sunak after trans jibe when Esther Ghey in Parliament
Labour leader Keir Starmer was being interviewed after wins in the Wellingborough and Kingswood by-elections when he was asked about Rishi Sunak's jibe about trans people at PMQs
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Rishi Sunak suffers double by-election nightmare - see results in full
In a stonking victory Labour overturned an 18,000 majority in Wellingborough on a 28.5% swing - the second biggest from the Tories at a by-election since the Second World War
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Tories lose Wellingborough by-election as Labour pulls off stunning victory
The crucial vote in Wellingborough was triggered after the disgraced ex-Tory MP Peter Bone was ousted from the Commons by his own constituents
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Labour defeat Tories at Kingswood by-election in major blow to Rishi Sunak
Keir Starmer hailed the result in the former Tory stronghold of Kingswood and said it was evidence the public are 'ready to put their trust in a Labour government'