All news on the topic: Keir Starmer

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Keir Starmer vows to put UK 'back on world stage' as he meets leaders at COP28
Labour leader Keir Starmer used a trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to pledge to put Britain 'back on the world stage' if he becomes Prime Minister next year
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Rishi Sunak mocked as his mic cuts out moment he says 'Britain isn't listening'
The unfortunate moment prompted laughter from MPs as Rishi Sunak attempted to deliver his final response to Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions
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Starmer wants Labour 'as united as we can' after suffering major Gaza rebellion
Labour leader Keir Starmer said managing his party is 'secondary to the international situation' as he considers replacements for eight shadow ministers who quit over the Gaza vote
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Labour takes huge 27-point poll lead as resurrection of David Cameron backfires
The Find Out Now poll conducted in the wake of Monday’s reshuffle found support for the Tories has fallen even further in the past fortnight as Labour makes gains
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Starmer hit by huge ceasefire revolt as Jess Phillips leads slew of resignations
Almost 60 Labour MPs defied the party whip while eight Shadow Ministers were including Jess Phillips, Naz Shah and Afzal Khan resigned from Keir Starmer's frontbench
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Starmer braces for rebellion amid crunch ceasefire vote on Israel-Gaza conflict
Labour shadow ministers who vote for the ceasefire if the SNP amendment is picked on Wednesday could be sacked. But one frontbencher told The Mirror they were prepared to accept the consequences.
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Blow for Keir Starmer as Labour frontbencher quits over Gaza ceasefire calls
Imran Hussain quit as Shadow Minister for the New Deal for Working People in protest at the Labour leader's ongoing refusal to call for a ceasefire from Israel's Defence Forces
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Labour 'taking grassroots for granted over Gaza ceasefire call' as revolt grows
Keir Starmer continues to face down demands to back calls for a cessation of the violence in the Strip, as Israel retaliates for the October 7 attacks waged by Hamas
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Eleven councillors quit Labour Party as Starmer refuses to back Gaza ceasefire
After Sir Keir Starmer insisted a humanitarian pause was the 'only practical way' to battle the conflict in the Middle East, Afrasiab Anwar and ten other councillors have quit the party
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George Galloway plotting bid to oust Sadiq Khan as London Mayor next May
The 2012 Celebrity Big Brother contestant is considering running in the City Hall contest, where Labour's Mr Khan is seeking an unprecedented third term in power
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Starmer blasts 'shocking' conduct of Tories after Covid Inquiry revelations
The Labour leader said the revelations from Baroness Heather Hallett's public inquiry this week shone a light on the behaviour of those at the top of No10 at the height of the crisis
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'Keir Starmer doesn't have the luxury of listening to ceasefire claptrap'
Labour activists want Keir Starmer to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and will resign until they get it. Fleet Street Fox says he's not going to miss them
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Keir Starmer rejects call for him to quit as Labour councillors join Gaza revolt
The Labour leader has called for short 'humanitarian' pauses in the fighting to allow aid into Gaza and hostages out while allowing Israel to continue its fight against Hamas
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Rishi Sunak 'haunted by Tory imagination ghosts', says Keir Starmer
The Labour leader will use a speech in the North East to outline what he hopes to hear in next week's King's Speech - Charles' first State Opening since becoming monarch 14 months ago
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Keir Starmer 'will be forced to hike tax as NHS can't cope with ageing Britain'
The government would have to increase spending by £142 billion per year up to 2030 'to stand still' thanks to the costs of an ageing population, a think tank has warned
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Keir Starmer's car ambushed after he defends not calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
More than a dozen demonstrators who surrounded the Labour leader's Land Rover Discovery were pushed back by police following his speech to the Chatham House think tank
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Starmer to warn Gaza ceasefire will help Hamas carry out more attacks on Israel
The Labour leader will give a speech reiterating his call for a "humanitarian pause" allowing Palestinians to escape, but will say that a ceasefire would allow Hamas to plan more attacks on Israel
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'Repeating Tony Blair's catastrophic Iraq error could derail Keir Starmer'
Kevin Maguire says Keir Starmer is caught between a rock and a hard place as he could alienate either the Jewish community or the Muslim population with his stance on the war in Gaza
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'It's almost nailed on that Labour will win next year - but there are concerns'
The whole motif of the last couple of years has been Labour is a reformed party, all the hatchets buried, ready to govern. Thing is, they just can’t keep a lid on things.
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Starmer faces threat of frontbench resignations over Labour's Israel-Gaza stance
The Labour leader met around a dozen of the party's Muslim MPs in Parliament in a bid to defuse tensions after a string of councillors quit the party in protest
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Mosque hits out at Starmer as Labour leader in showdown on Israel-Gaza conflict
The Labour leader is expected to meet with Muslim Labour MPs on Wednesday in an attempt to defuse growing anger in the party over its position on the Middle East conflict
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Starmer should be brave and scrap Lords in 5 years, says Scottish Labour chief
The Scottish Labour leader said his party should be 'brave' and act to reform the upper chamber when it has 'maximum political capital' in the early years of winning power
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Keir Starmer's plan to save British steel industry as thousands of jobs at risk
The Labour leader spoke to the Mirror after visiting the UK's biggest steelworks, Tata's plant at Port Talbot, South Wales, where 3,000 posts are under threat
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'The country is willing Labour to victory - and willing the Tories to leave'
The scale of Labour’s achievement is remarkable - the swing to Labour in Tamworth is the second largest recorded at a by-election since the Second World War
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'Like Oscar-winners, Keir Starmer cleans up everything, everywhere all at once'
Labour made history with its double by-election victories - in Mid Bedfordshire, which Nadine Dorries won in 2019, it was the biggest majority ever overturned at a by-election