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Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC (/ ˈ k ɪər / ⓘ; born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and barrister who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was previously Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.
17 hours ago · The intriguing real-life story of Keir Starmer, U.K.'s next prime minister. As the next leader of Britain, Keir Starmer brings working-class roots, a forensic legal style and a ruthless approach ...
1 day ago · In 2014, Starmer received a knighthood for his criminal justice work, becoming Sir Keir. At his knighthood ceremony, Starmer — once caught on camera calling for the British monarchy to be ...
Jun 27, 2024 · A lawyer who served as chief prosecutor for England and Wales between 2008 and 2013, Starmer is caricatured by opponents as a “lefty London lawyer.” He was knighted for his role leading the Crown Prosecution Service, and Conservative opponents like to use his title, Sir Keir Starmer, to paint him as elite and out of touch.
Keir Starmer is a husband, father, and former Chief Prosecutor. His entire career has been about securing justice for those that need it. From representing people on death row as a human rights lawyer, to working on setting up the Northern Ireland Police Board in the wake of the Good Friday agreement, to making the law work for victims as Chief ...
Jun 3, 2024 · In the early years of his leadership, Sir Keir struggled to boost his party's poor poll ratings. A humiliating by-election loss in Hartlepool in 2021 prompted a new focus on winning back voters...
3 days ago · Sir Keir Starmer will use his first weeks in power to signal that Britain is “back” as a leading global player, as Labour prioritises three foreign policy resets — with Europe, the “global ...
3 days ago · Keir Starmer, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, nodded sympathetically as a young mother recalled, in harrowing terms, how she had watched closed-circuit television footage of the fatal ...
May 23, 2024 · Sir Keir Starmer visits Carmarthenshire for the Labour leader's final day of campaigning.
May 23, 2024 · Political reporter. In many ways, Sir Keir Starmer is not your typical politician. He did not enter Parliament until he was in his 50s, after a successful career as a lawyer, and unlike most...
