Keir Starmer

• U.K. stabbings: PM to create police unit to crack down on violent clashes

  The attack at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday dance class shocked a country where knife crime is a long-standing and vexing problem, though mass stabbings are rare.

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  Aug 1
  
• U.K. election: Labour’s Starmer vows change after landslide win

  The Conservatives suffered the worst performance in the party's long history as voters punished them for a cost of living crisis, failing public services, and a series of scandals.

  World

  Jul 5
  
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• U.K. election: Britons go to polls, with Labour Party win expected

  Britons were voting on Thursday in a parliamentary election that is expected to bring Keir Starmer's Labour Party to power, sweeping away the Conservatives.

  World

  Jul 4
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• Sunak, Starmer get heated in final debate before U.K. election

  Protesters were heard outside as the two leading contenders to be the next British prime minister launched highly personal attacks over their and their parties' credibility.

  World

  Jun 26
• Sunak, Starmer clash over taxes and health in 1st U.K. election debate

  Conservative leader Rishi Sunak sought to boost his party’s dismal outlook, while Labour’s Keir Starmer aimed to cement his status as favourite to become the next prime minister.

  World

  Jun 4
• Labour leader Keir Starmer will face Rishi Sunak in U.K.’s election. Who is he?

  Keir Starmer, the Labour party’s 61-year-old leader, is current favourite to win the country’s July 4 election and would be the first Labour prime minister since 2010.

  World

  May 23
• U.K. Labour Party to seek Brexit deadline extension in Parliament

  Current plans call for Britain to leave the EU on that date unless Britain formally asks for an extension and each of the bloc’s other 27 nations agree.

  World

  Sep 1, 2019