Keir Starmer - report

Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom since 2020

Sir Keir Rodney Starmer 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. He was previously Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Starmer

2021 2022 2023

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Significant news events for Keir Starmer

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Sir Keir Starmer's personal approval rating has plunged to a record low of minus 16. It is a drop of 27 points from his post-election high of plus 11. 63% said they thought his government was more ‘interested in helping themselves and their allies’
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Labour won 12,877,918 votes, but only 262 seats, losing to the Conservatives. Every seat in Glasgow and North and South Lanarkshire was won back from the SNP. Only the Lib Dems prevented a Labour clean sweep by holding Edinburgh West.
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Labour wins 326 out of the total 650 seats in the general election. Party takes four in five capital seats, beating Tony Blair’s record 1997 haul. First Labour government since Gordon Brown was elected as prime minister in 2007.
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Survey shows Sir Keir Starmer winning 410 of the 650 seats. Would be more than Tony Blair in 1997. Tories expected to be slashed from 365 to just 131 seats. Lib Dems could get 61 and Nigel Farage's Reform insurgents predicted to have 13.
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PM made comments in presence of murdered transgender Brianna Ghey's mother. Comments sparked outrage with MPs shouting "shame" and calling for his resignation. Sunak has not apologised for comments, which have been described as ‘degrading’ and ‘dehumanising'
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Prime Minister accused Sir Keir Starmer of having difficulty in ‘defining a woman’ Comments prompted an immediate backlash, but Mr Sunak has refused to apologise. Mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey sat in gallery for PMQs.
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Labour leader said he was ‘fundamentally opposed’ to axing or reducing inheritance tax. Sir Keir refused to say if a Labour government would unfreeze income tax thresholds.