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Keir Starmer

December 07, 2023

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Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC (/kɪər/ ⓘ; 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. He was previously Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.

The Right Honourable Sir
Keir Starmer
KCB KC MP
Official portrait, 2017
Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
4 April 2020
Monarchs
Prime Minister
DeputyAngela Rayner
Preceded byJeremy Corbyn
Leader of the Labour Party
Assumed office
4 April 2020
DeputyAngela Rayner
General Secretary
Chair
Preceded byJeremy Corbyn
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Secretary of State
2016–2020Exiting the European Union
Shadow Minister
2015–2016Immigration
Member of Parliament
for Holborn and St Pancras
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byFrank Dobson
Majority27,763 (48.9%)
Director of Public Prosecutions
In office
1 November 2008 – 1 November 2013
Appointed byThe Baroness Scotland of Asthal
Preceded byKen Macdonald
Succeeded byAlison Saunders
Personal details
Born
Keir Rodney Starmer

(1962-09-02) 2 September 1962 (age 61)
London, England
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Victoria Alexander
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(m. 2007)​
Children2
Education
Signature
Websitekeirstarmer.com
Keir Starmer's voice
Starmer on the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal
Recorded 30 April 2014

Starmer was born in London and raised in Surrey, where he attended the selective state Reigate Grammar School, which became a private school while he was a student. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds in 1985 and gained a postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Law degree at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford in 1986. After being called to the bar, Starmer practised predominantly in criminal defence work, specialising in human rights matters. Becoming a member of Doughty Street Chambers in 1990, he was appointed as Queen's Counsel (QC) in 2002. In 2008, he became Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service, holding these positions until 2013. On conclusion of his five-year term as DPP, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2014 New Year Honours.

Elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election, Starmer was appointed Shadow Minister for Immigration by new party leader Jeremy Corbyn in September 2015. He resigned in 2016 as part of the wider June 2016 British shadow cabinet resignations in protest at Corbyn's leadership, but accepted a new post under Corbyn later that year as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union following the EU membership referendum. Starmer advocated a second referendum on Brexit, in which he stated he would vote to "remain"; this policy was ultimately included in the 2019 Labour election platform.

After Corbyn resigned following Labour's 2019 general election defeat, Starmer won the party's 2020 leadership election. His leadership has been characterised by movement towards the political centre and abandonment of the left-wing platform of his leadership campaign, as well as by opposition to some of the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic and issues such as Partygate, the September 2022 mini-budget, and the cost of living crisis. Starmer has emphasised the importance of eliminating antisemitism in the Labour Party. In 2023, he set out five missions for a Labour government, targeting issues such as economic growth, health, clean energy, crime, and education. The party has seen varied results in local elections and by-elections under his leadership, but since late 2021 has maintained leads in opinion polling over the governing Conservative Party.[1][2]

Early life and education

Starmer was born in Southwark, London, on 2 September 1962.[3][4] He grew up in the small town of Oxted in Surrey.[5][6][7] He was the second of the four children of Josephine (née Baker), a nurse, and Rodney Starmer, who was a toolmaker.[7][8] His mother had Still's disease.[9][10] His parents were Labour Party supporters, and named him after the party's first parliamentary leader, Keir Hardie.[11][12] He passed the 11-plus examination and gained entry to Reigate Grammar School, then a voluntary aided selective grammar school.[12] The school was converted into an independent fee-paying school in 1976, while he was a student. Although he was exempt from paying fees until the age of 16, his sixth-form study fees were paid by a bursary he received from the private school's charity.[13][14][15] Among his classmates were the musician Norman Cook, alongside whom Starmer took violin lessons; Andrew Cooper, who went on to become a Conservative peer; and future conservative journalist Andrew Sullivan. According to Starmer, he and Sullivan "fought over everything ... Politics, religion. You name it."[7]

In his teenage years, Starmer was active in Labour politics; he was a member of the Labour Party Young Socialists in East Surrey.[8][7] He was a junior exhibitioner at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama until the age of 18, and played the flute, piano, recorder and violin.[16] Starmer studied law at the University of Leeds, graduating with first class honours and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1985, becoming the first member of his family to graduate.[11][17] He undertook postgraduate studies at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, graduating from the University of Oxford as a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) in 1986.[18][11] From 1986 to 1987, Keir Starmer served as the editor of Socialist Alternatives, a Trotskyist radical magazine. The magazine was produced by an organization under the same name, which represented the British section of the International Revolutionary Marxist Tendency (IRMT).[19][20]

Legal career

Barrister

Starmer became a barrister in 1987 at the Middle Temple, becoming a bencher there in 2009.[3] He served as a legal officer for the campaign group Liberty until 1990.[11] He was a member of Doughty Street Chambers from 1990 onwards, primarily working on human rights issues.[9][11] He has been called to the bar in several Caribbean countries,[21] where he has defended convicts sentenced to the death penalty.[7] He assisted Helen Steel and David Morris in the McLibel case, in the trial and appeal in English courts, also represented them at the European court.[22] The case was seen as a David and Goliath case; a large team of leading lawyers represented McDonald's and the legal bills were estimated at £10m. By contrast Steel and Morris were denied legal aid; they acted on their own with help from lawyers including Starmer.[23]

Starmer was appointed Queen's Counsel on 9 April 2002, aged 39.[24] In the same year, he became joint head of Doughty Street Chambers. Starmer served as a human rights adviser to the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Association of Chief Police Officers, and was also a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's death penalty advisory panel from 2002 to 2008.[3][11] He later cited his work on policing in Northern Ireland as being a key influence on his decision to pursue a political career: "Some of the things I thought that needed to change in police services we achieved more quickly than we achieved in strategic litigation ... I came better to understand how you can change by being inside and getting the trust of people". During this time he also marched and authored legal opinions against the Iraq War.[7] In 2007, he was named "QC of the Year" by Chambers and Partners.[11]

Director of Public Prosecutions

 
Starmer as Director of Public Prosecutions speaking at Chatham House in 2013

In July 2008, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Attorney General for England and Wales, named Starmer as the new head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Director of Public Prosecutions. He took over from Ken Macdonald on 1 November 2008.[11] Macdonald, himself a former defence lawyer, publicly welcomed the appointment.[12] Starmer was considered to be bringing a focus on human rights into the legal system.[11]

Within the first few months of his tenure, Starmer upheld the decision not to prosecute the police officers who had killed Jean Charles de Menezes in a UK High Court appeal lodged by the family.[25] The family then gave up on pursuing charges and nobody has been charged with the death of de Menezes.[26] Later in 2009, when the Conservative Party proposed repealing the Human Rights Act 1998, Starmer defended it as a "clear and basic statement of our citizens' human rights".[27] Liberty and the Liberal Democrats supported Starmer, while the Conservative MP David T. C. Davies suggested he should be dismissed.[28] In the same year, he called for the CPS to modernise by being more open to scrutiny and less reliant on paper files.[29] In 2011, he introduced reforms that included the "first test paperless hearing".[30]

In February 2010, Starmer announced the CPS's decision to prosecute three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer for offences relating to false accounting in the aftermath of the parliamentary expenses scandal.[31] They were all found guilty.[32] In the same year, he supported proposals to legally recognise different degrees of murder.[33] In 2010, and 2012, Starmer said that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute two members of the UK security services for their alleged role in torture overseas; he supported further investigation.[34][35][36] In July 2010, Starmer announced the decision not to prosecute the police officer Simon Harwood in relation to the death of Ian Tomlinson; this led to accusations by Tomlinson's family of a police cover-up.[37] After a subsequent inquest found that Tomlinson had been unlawfully killed, Starmer announced that Harwood would be prosecuted for manslaughter. The officer was acquitted by a jury in July 2012 but dismissed from the police that September.[38][39][40] In December 2010, Starmer changed the decision process, including requiring his personal approval, to prosecute women who withdraw accusations of rape after a woman was convicted for perverting the course of justice "despite judges' belief that her claim of long-term abuse, intimidation and rape at the hands of her husband was true".[41] He later produced guidelines to prevent women in similar circumstances from being unfairly prosecuted.[42] In 2011, thirteen serving and former police officers were prosecuted for perverting the course of justice in the 1988 murder of Lynette White. The prosecution were unable to provide documents which "could have helped" the defendants, that were claimed to have been destroyed by the police officer leading the case against them. The prosecution made the decision, approved by Starmer, not to offer any further evidence, and the trial collapsed.[43][44][45] Starmer ordered a review into the circumstances that had led to the decision and ordered a further review in 2012 when the missing documents were found.[46]

During the 2011 England riots, Starmer prioritised rapid prosecutions of rioters over long sentences, which he later thought had helped to bring "the situation back under control".[47][48] Later that year, after revelations concerning the undercover police infiltration of environmental campaigns, Starmer ordered a review of related convictions and invited protestors convicted of aggravated trespass to appeal their sentences.[49] Starmer declined to authorise a wider enquiry, after a report from the judge Christopher Rose found the issue to be a result of individual fault rather than a systemic problem.[50][51]

 
Starmer c. 2012

In February 2012, Starmer announced that Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, and his former wife, Vicky Pryce, would be prosecuted for perverting the course of justice in R v Huhne. Huhne became the first UK cabinet minister in history to be compelled to resign as a result of criminal proceedings.[52] Starmer had previously said in relation to the case that "[w]here there is sufficient evidence we do not shy away from prosecuting politicians".[53] Later that year, he wrote advice for prosecutors, saying that they should consider whether violent protestors organised or prepared for violence, compared to protestors who got "caught up in illegal actions".[54] In the summer of 2012, journalist Nick Cohen published allegations that Starmer was personally responsible for allowing to proceed the prosecution of Paul Chambers in what became known as the "Twitter joke trial". Chambers' conviction of sending a message "of a menacing character" was quashed after a third appeal. The CPS denied that Starmer was behind the decision, saying that it was the responsibility of a Crown Court and was out of Starmer's hands.[55] Later that year, Starmer published a plan for the criminal justice system to better handle cases of female genital mutilation; at the time, the offence had never been successfully prosecuted.[56] At the end of 2012, he published guidance on prosecuting cases of grossly offensive posts on social media that called for caution in prosecuting cases, and considering whether users quickly removed posts or showed remorse.[57][58]

In 2013, Starmer announced changes to how sexual abuse investigations are handled in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal, including a panel to review historic complaints.[59][60] In the same year, he published a study showing that false reports of rape were rare, saying that the "devastating impact of false allegations" and the perception that they are more common than the data support mean that police forces might adopt what he called a cautious approach that can "lead to injustice for victims" of rape.[61] He also started an inquiry into the cause of a reduction in police reports of rape and domestic abuse.[62] In the same year, he altered guidelines for those improperly claiming benefits enabling them to face ten years in prison under the Fraud Act instead of a maximum of seven years under more specific legislation.[63]

Starmer left office in November 2013, and was replaced by Alison Saunders.[64][65] Later that month, the Labour Party announced that Starmer would lead an enquiry into changing the law to give further protection to victims in cases of rape and child abuse.[66] On 28 December, he said to BBC News he was "rather enjoying having some free time" and "considering a number of options".[67] There was speculation at the time that he would stand as a Labour Party candidate for the UK Parliament.[68]

After stepping down as Director of Public Prosecutions, Starmer was granted a tax-unregistered pension.[69]

Early political career

Member of Parliament

Starmer was selected in December 2014 to be the Labour Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour UK constituency of Holborn and St Pancras, a safe seat, following the decision of the sitting MP Frank Dobson to retire.[70] Starmer was elected at the 2015 UK general election with a majority of 17,048.[71] He was urged by a number of activists to stand in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election following the resignation of Ed Miliband; he ruled this out, citing his relative lack of political experience.[72][73] During the campaign, Starmer supported Andy Burnham, who finished second to Jeremy Corbyn, the new Leader of the Labour Party.[74]

Corbyn appointed Starmer to the Shadow Home Secretary's ministerial team as Shadow Minister for Immigration, a role from which he resigned as part of the widespread June 2016 British shadow cabinet resignations in protest at Corbyn's leadership; in his resignation letter he wrote that it was "simply untenable now to suggest we can offer an effective opposition without a change of leader".[75][76]

Shadow Brexit Secretary

 
Starmer pictured with his shadow cabinet colleagues at the launch of Labour's general election campaign, 31 October 2019

Following Corbyn's win in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election in September, Starmer accepted an appointment as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, replacing Emily Thornberry who had held the role concurrently with her continuing position as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.[77] On taking up the role, Starmer resigned from a consultancy position with the law firm specialising in human rights, Mishcon de Reya, that had acted for Gina Miller in bringing legal proceedings against the government in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.[78]

In his role as Shadow Brexit Secretary, Starmer questioned the government's destination for the UK outside of the European Union (EU), as well as calling for Brexit plans to be made public. On 6 December 2016, the prime minister Theresa May confirmed the publication of Brexit plans, in what some considered a victory for Starmer.[79] He argued that the government would be need to pass a large number of new laws quickly, or risk what he called an "unsustainable legal vacuum", if Britain left the EU without a deal.[80] At the 2018 Labour Party Conference on 25 September, Starmer advocated for a referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement, saying that the party "campaigning for a public vote must be an option".[81]

 
Starmer discussing the Labour Party's Brexit policies with Jeremy Corbyn, December 2019

In January 2017, Starmer called for a reform to the EU free movement rules following Brexit and for a "fundamental rethink of immigration rules from start to finish".[82] In his first interview after being appointed to the shadow cabinet, Starmer said that immigration should be reduced after Britain left the EU by "making sure we have the skills in this country".[83] Starmer had told Politico in November 2016 that negotiations with the EU should start on the understanding that there must be "some change" to freedom of movement rules, given that remaining in the EU single market is no longer a reality.[84]

In May 2017, Starmer said that "free movement has to go" but that it was important to allow EU citizens to migrate to the UK once they had a job offer, given the importance of immigration for the UK's economy.[85] Starmer was a supporter of a second referendum on Brexit.[86] This position was included as a Labour Party policy in the party's 2019 UK general election manifesto.[87]

Leadership of the Labour Party

Further information: Labour Party leadership of Keir Starmer and Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer
 
Starmer speaking at the 2020 Labour Party leadership election hustings in Bristol, 1 February 2020

In the 2019 general election, Labour suffered its worst election defeat since 1935, with the Conservative Party earning an 80-seat majority.[88][89] This was also the Labour Party's fourth consecutive general election defeat.[90] Following this defeat, Jeremy Corbyn announced that he would stand down as Leader of the Labour Party.[91] Starmer announced his candidacy in the ensuing leadership election on 4 January 2020, winning endorsements from MPs, as well as from the trade union Unison.[92] Starmer won the 2020 Labour leadership contest on 4 April 2020, beating Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy, with 56.2% of the vote in the first round,[93] and became Leader of the Opposition amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[94]

His tenure has seen the party move closer towards the political centre.[95][96][97] By 2022, Starmer had abandoned the socialist platform he advocated during his leadership run, including pledges to nationalise public utilities, scrap tuition fees, and defend free movement within the EU—citing changed socioeconomic situation in the years since.[98][99]

In a speech on 23 February 2023, Starmer set out five "national missions" which would be the basis for Labour's manifesto for the next general election, whilst calling for "a decade of national renewal".[100] In the speech, Starmer aimed for the UK to obtain the highest sustained growth in the G7 by the end of his first term.[101] He also aimed for the UK to be a "clean energy superpower" with zero-carbon electricity by 2030.[101] Starmer also committed to health and care reform, improving the justice system and also to "break down the barriers to opportunity" with education and childcare reforms.[101]

Starmer's leadership has been controversial within the party; it has been charged by party members with the allegedly unfair treatment of leftist Labour members, including the blocking of leftist candidates in local elections.[102][103] The Labour Party lost almost 100,000 members during 2021.[104] The Party has also been criticised for allegedly failing to respond to anti-black racism and Islamophobia within the party, as identified in the 2020 Forde Report commissioned by Starmer and conducted by Martin Forde KC.[105] It accused the party of operating "a hierarchy of racism or of discrimination" in which certain forms of racism and abuse were not taken as seriously as others.[105] Black Labour MPs have condemned the party's response to the problems raised in the report.[106]

 
Starmer with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Prime Minister Theresa May, 14 November 2021

Following past allegations of antisemitism in the party during the Jeremy Corbyn era, Starmer pledged to end antisemitism in the party during his acceptance speech.[107][108] Starmer apologised for the "stain" of anti-Semitism within the party, adding that he would "tear out this poison by its roots".[109] In October 2020, following the release of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)'s report into antisemitism in the party, Starmer accepted its findings in full and apologised to Jews on behalf of the party.[110][111] Later that day, Jeremy Corbyn stated that "the scale of the problem was also dramatically overstated for political reasons".[112] He was later suspended over his response to the report.[112] On 14 November 2022, it was reported that the leadership of the Labour Party would not restore the whip to Corbyn, preventing him from standing for election on behalf of the Labour Party.[113] In February 2023, Starmer's antisemitism reforms resulted in the party no longer being monitored by the EHRC.[114]

During the 2022–2023 industrial strikes, Starmer urged his shadow cabinet members to refrain from joining picket lines. Sam Tarry, the shadow minister for buses and local transport, appeared at a National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers strike picket outside Euston train station. He was subsequently dismissed as minister, which was criticised by trade union leaders.[115][116] However, a Labour Party spokesperson said that the sacking wasn't "about appearing on a picket line. Members of the frontbench sign up to collective responsibility. That includes media appearances being approved and speaking to agreed frontbench positions."[116]

Since the end of 2021, Labour have maintained a poll lead over the Conservatives, including the highest poll lead of any party in over 20 years amid the government crisis during the Premiership of Liz Truss.[117][118] During the 2023 local elections, the Labour Party gained more than 500 councillors and 22 councils, becoming the largest party in local government for the first time since 2002.[119]

In September 2023, he reshuffled his shadow cabinet.[120]

Political positions

Starmer's politics have been described as unclear and "hard to define".[121][122][123] When he was elected as Labour leader, Starmer was widely believed to belong to the soft left of the Labour Party.[124] However, he has since moved to the political centre-ground.[125] By the September 2023 shadow cabinet reshuffle, most analysts concluded that Starmer had moved to the right of the party, but with elements of the 'soft left' remaining in the shadow cabinet.[126][127][128]

The term Starmerism has been coined to refer to Starmer's political ideology and his supporters have been called Starmerites.[129][130] In June 2023, Starmer gave an interview to Time where he was asked to define Starmerism:[131]

Recognizing that our economy needs to be fixed. Recognizing that [solving] climate change isn’t just an obligation; it’s the single biggest opportunity that we’ve got for our country going forward. Recognizing that public services need to be reformed, that every child and every place should have the best opportunities and that we need a safe environment, safe streets, et cetera.

In April 2023, Starmer gave an interview to The Economist on defining Starmerism.[130][132] In this interview, two main strands of Starmerism were identified.[132] The first strand focused on a critique of the British state for being too ineffective and over-centralised. The answer to this critique was to base governance on five main missions to be followed over two terms of government; these missions would determine all government policy. The second strand was the adherence to an economic policy of "modern supply-side economics" based on expanding economic productivity by increasing participation in the labour market, mitigating the impact of Brexit and simplifying the construction planning process.[132]

Relationship to socialism

Starmer wrote articles for the magazines Socialist Alternatives and Socialist Lawyer as a young man in the 1980s and 1990s.[133] In July 1986, Starmer wrote in the first issue of Socialist Alternatives that trade unions should have had control over the "industry and community".[133] He wrote in Socialist Lawyer that "Karl Marx was, of course, right" in saying it was pointless to believe a change of society could only be achieved by arguing about fundamental rights.[133]

Gavin Millar, a former legal colleague of Starmer, has described his politics as "red-green", a characterisation Starmer has agreed with.[7] In a January 2020 interview, Starmer described himself as a socialist,[134] and stated in an opinion piece published by The Guardian the same month that his advocacy of socialism is motivated by "a burning desire to tackle inequality and injustice".[135]

In an interview with the i's Francis Elliott in December 2021, Starmer refused to characterise himself as a socialist as he seeks to move Labour to the political centre for a possible next UK general election in 2023, asking "What does that mean?" He added: "The Labour Party is a party that believes that we get the best from each other when we come together, collectively, and ensure that you know, we give people both opportunity and support as they needed."[136]

In 2022, Starmer confirmed that he was no longer honouring the ten socialism-based pledges that he had made in the 2020 party leadership contest.[98] They were removed from his website late in 2023.[137]

Domestic issues

Starmer has repeatedly emphasised the reform of public institutions (against a so-called 'tax and spend' approach), localism, and devolution. He has pledged to abolish the House of Lords, which he has described as "indefensible", during the first term of a Labour government and to replace it with a directly-elected 'Assembly of the Regions and Nations', but the details of which will be subject to public consultation. He criticised the Conservative Party for handing peerages to "cronies and donors".[138] Upon becoming leader of the Labour Party, he tasked former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown with recommending constitutional reforms to British democracy.[139] The report was published in 2022 and was endorsed and promoted by Starmer, and recommended the abolition of the House of Lords, greater powers given to local councils and mayors, and deeper devolution to the nations of the United Kingdom.[140]

Starmer supports social ownership and investment in the UK's public services, including the National Health Service (NHS).[141][142][143] In 2020, he pledged to increase income tax for the top 5% of earners and to end tax avoidance by corporations,[141] but he backed away from the income tax commitment in 2023.[144] He advocates the reversal of the Conservative Party's cuts in corporation tax and supported Labour's anti-austerity proposals under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.[141][142] On social inequality, Starmer proposes "national wellbeing indicators" to measure the country's performance on health, inequality, homelessness, and the environment.[145] He has called for an "overhaul" of the UK's Universal Credit scheme.[146] Opposing Scottish independence and a second referendum on the subject, the Labour Party under Starmer's leadership has set up a constitutional convention to address what he describes as a belief among people across the UK that "decisions about me should be taken closer to me".[147][148] Starmer is against the reunification of Ireland, having stated that he would be "very much on the side of Unionists" if there were to be a border poll.[149]

Starmer has taken a strong line in favour of green policies aimed at tackling climate change and decarbonising the British economy. Politico has described him as "a green activist to his core" and a "green radical", noting that while many other areas of the broader plan endorsed during his leadership campaign had been abandoned, "The party’s biggest climate pledge remains intact: a bold — some say implausible — commitment to remove fossil fuel power from Britain’s electricity grid by 2030, five years quicker than the Conservative government’s own target", calling him "dogmatic" about the plan.[150] He and his Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged in 2021 to invest an extra £28bn a year in green industries if elected; in June 2023 this was changed to £28bn per year by the middle of their first term of government.[151]

On education, Starmer vowed in 2021 to strip independent schools of their VAT-exempt charitable status, a move that has been criticised by the Independent Schools Council,[152][15] and continues to pledge to do so.[153] During the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, Starmer pledged to scrap university tuition fees, however he dropped this pledge in May 2023 due to a "different financial situation" following Liz Truss' premiership, instead aiming to reform the tuition fee system, stating that "the current system is unfair, it doesn't really work for students, doesn't work for universities."[154] He is supportive of faith schools, stating: "I think it's good that we create strong bonds within schools, and therefore I wouldn't tinker with the way that we run our faith schools."[155] He has ruled out extending free school meals to all primary school pupils in England. Instead, Starmer has pledged to extend breakfast clubs including free breakfasts for every primary school in England.[156][157]

Starmer's position on public ownership over national infrastructure has changed over time. In the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, Starmer ran on a pledge to renationalise rail, mail, water, and energy back into common ownership; he dropped this pledge in July 2022, claiming he would instead take a "pragmatic approach" to public ownership.[158][159] As of September 2023, he remained committed to renationalising the railways as existing contracts expire, the creation of a publicly-owned energy company, and stricter regulation of water companies.[160][161][162][163] Starmer favours partnership between government and business, having said: "A political party without a clear plan for making sure businesses are successful and growing ... which doesn't want them to do well and make a profit ... has no hope of being a successful government."[164]

Starmer has pledged to halve the rates of violence against women and girls, halve the rates of serious violent crime, halve the incidents of knife crime, increase confidence in the criminal justice system, and create a 'Charging Commission' which would be "tasked with coming up with reforms to reverse the decline in the number of offences being solved."[165] He has also committed to placing specialist domestic violence workers in the control rooms of every police force responding to 999 calls to support victims of abuse.[166]

In 2023, the Byline Times wrote that Starmer "actively opposes a move to proportional representation for the House of Commons".[167] The proposed change to a proportional representation system for the UK Parliament is supported by a two-thirds majority of trade unions that align with the Labour Party and was formally backed by an overwhelming majority of Labour delegates at the party's 2022 party conference.[167] It was revealed in September 2022 that at that point, 370 Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) had formally passed policy in favour of proportional representation, equating to about 60% of all CLPs in the UK.[168][169]

After confirming he would not scrap the current two-child benefit cap, Starmer was criticised by many within his own party.[170]

Foreign affairs

 
Starmer meets with the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the U.S. Ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, July 2020

Starmer voted remain in the Brexit referendum and then as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union was an advocate for a second Brexit referendum after the process of the UK withdrawal from the EU was completed. In 2021 he ruled out a return to free movement with the EU or substantial renegotiation of the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement if Labour won the next UK general election.[171] In 2023 Starmer wrote in the Daily Express that "Britain's future is outside the EU" and he would not take the UK back into the EU or into the single market, customs union, or return to freedom of movement.[172][173] However, he has called for much closer economic, diplomatic, and military collaboration with the European Union, and would seek to revisit the Brexit deal negotiated and implemented under former Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson.[174][175]

Starmer has advocated an end to "illegal wars" and a review of the UK arms export.[141] During his leadership campaign, he pledged to create a "Prevention of Military Intervention Act", which would only permit lawful military action with the support of the House of Commons.[176][177] Starmer stated in 2015 that he believed that the Iraq War was "not lawful under international law because there was no UN resolution expressly authorising it."[178] Starmer called for sanctions against Chinese officials who have been involved in human rights abuses.[179] He criticised the United Kingdom's involvement in the Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen, saying that "it is Boris Johnson and his government who have signed off on the sale of billions of pounds of fighter jets, bombs and missiles, weapons that have destroyed civilian infrastructure, targeted schools and hospitals, and fuelled the humanitarian crisis that Yemen faces. The government must face up to its complicity in this crisis, and we must all talk about Yemen."[180][181] Starmer condemned the assassination of Qasem Soleimani and said the world needed to "engage, not isolate" Iran and warned that "all sides need to de-escalate tensions and prevent further conflict."[182]

Of the United States as it transitioned from the presidency of Donald Trump to that of Joe Biden, he said: "I'm anti-Trump but I'm pro-American. And I'm incredibly optimistic about the new relationship we can build with President Biden." He argued that "Britain is at its strongest" when it is "the bridge between the US and the rest of Europe."[148]

Starmer said that Israel "must respect international law" and called on the Israeli government to work with leaders of Palestine to de-escalate the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[183] Starmer opposes illegal Israeli settlements, proposals for Israeli annexation of the West Bank, and "the eviction of Palestinians" in the Israeli-occupied territories; he also opposes the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel.[184][185] Starmer also has expressed support for the creation of an "inverse OPEC" dedicated to accelerating the implementation of renewable energy.[186] He has rejected the contention that Israel is an apartheid state.[187] In June 2023, he met with the Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom, Husam Zomlot, in which Starmer recommitted the party to the recognition of a Palestinian state if the Labour Party wins the next general election.[188]

During the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Starmer held a meeting with NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg and said in an interview with the BBC that his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn was "wrong" to be a critic of NATO and that the Labour Party's commitment to the alliance was "unshakeable". He elaborated on this point that he felt it was "important for me to make clear that we stand united in the UK ... Whatever challenges we have with the [Boris Johnson's] government, when it comes to Russian aggression we stand together."[189] He said Russia should be hit with "widespread and hard-hitting" economic sanctions.[190] He also criticised the Stop the War Coalition in an opinion piece for The Guardian arguing that they were "not benign voices for peace" but rather "[a]t best they are naive, at worst they actively give succour to authoritarian leaders" such as Vladimir Putin "who directly threaten democracies."[191] In February 2023 he travelled to Ukraine to meet with President Volodomyr Zelenskyy, during which he pledged "unwavering support" for Ukraine during the Russian invasion of the country and that if he became Prime Minister there would be no change in Britain's position on the war in Ukraine.[192][193] He also called for Russian leaders, including Vladimir Putin, to be tried at The Hague for crimes against humanity.[194][195] Starmer supported the issuing of an international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin.[196]

Starmer supports maintaining the UK's nuclear arsenal as the nuclear deterrent, and voted for renewal of the Trident programme; he supports the general post-Cold War British policy of a gradual reduction in nuclear stockpiles.[189][197]

According to Declassified UK, Starmer is a former member of the Trilateral Commission, a nongovernmental international organisation aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan, Western Europe and North America.[198]

During the 2023 Hamas-Israel War, Starmer emphasised his support for Israel, stated he would favour military aid to the country, and described the actions of Hamas and other militants as "terrorism".[199][200] In an interview with LBC on 11 October 2023, Starmer was asked whether it would be "appropriate" for Israel to totally cut off power and water supplies to Gaza, with Starmer replying that "I think that Israel does have that right" and that "obviously everything should be done within international law".[201][202] The Labour Muslim Network, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and Amnesty International described his comments as endorsing "collective punishment", which they said was a war crime.[203][204][205] PSC Director Ben Jamal called Starmer's stance on Israel "grotesque".[206] Over 20 Labour councillors resigned over his stance, which has led to the loss of the Labour Party's majority on Oxford City Council.[207][208][209][210][211] Over 40 Labour MPs and 250 Labour councillors have called on Starmer to back an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, which a YouGov poll suggests 76% of the British public supports.[212] On 20 October, Starmer clarified that he only meant that Israel had the right to defend itself.[202][213] Fifteen Scottish Labour officers resigned over the way the Labour Party had applied its rules during the Israel-Gaza War. Nine of the officers said the party was "stifling democracy" when it ruled a motion calling for an end to military action was out of order.[214] On 4 November 2023, Burnley Council leader Afrasiab Anwar and 10 other councillors resigned from the Labor Party over Starmer's refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.[215]

Personal life

Starmer married Victoria Alexander in 2007.[216] She was previously a solicitor but now works in NHS occupational health.[7][217] The couple's son and daughter are being brought up in the Jewish faith of their mother.[218] Starmer himself stated he does not believe in God but does "believe in faith" and its power to bring people together.[219] He is a pescatarian and his wife is a vegetarian. They raised their children as vegetarians until they were 10 years old, at which point they were given the option of eating meat.[220]

Starmer is a keen footballer, having played for Homerton Academicals, a north London amateur team,[12] and supports Premier League side Arsenal.[7]

Awards and honours

 
The star given to those appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, including Starmer
Honorary degrees issued to Keir Starmer
Date School Degree
21 July 2011 University of Essex Doctor of university (D.U.)[228]
16 July 2012 University of Leeds Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[229]
19 November 2013 University of East London Doctor of university (D.U.)[230]
19 December 2013 London School of Economics Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[231][232]
14 July 2014 University of Reading Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)[233]
18 November 2014 University of Worcester Doctor of university (D.U.)[234]

Publications

Starmer is the author and editor of several books about criminal law and human rights, including:[3]

  • Justice in Error (1993), edited with Clive Walker, London: Blackstone, ISBN 1-85431-234-0.
  • The Three Pillars of Liberty: Political Rights and Freedoms in the United Kingdom (1996), with Francesca Klug and Stuart Weir, London: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-09641-3.
  • Signing Up for Human Rights: The United Kingdom and International Standards (1998), with Conor Foley, London: Amnesty International United Kingdom, ISBN 1-873328-30-3.
  • Miscarriages of Justice: A Review of Justice in Error (1999), edited with Clive Walker, London: Blackstone, ISBN 1-85431-687-7.
  • European Human Rights Law: the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights (1999), London: Legal Action Group, ISBN 0-905099-77-X.
  • Criminal Justice, Police Powers and Human Rights (2001), with Anthony Jennings, Tim Owen, Michelle Strange, and Quincy Whitaker, London: Blackstone, ISBN 1-84174-138-8.
  • Blackstone's Human Rights Digest (2001), with Iain Byrne, London: Blackstone, ISBN 1-84174-153-1.
  • A Report on the Policing of the Ardoyne Parades 12 July 2004 (2004), with Jane Gordon, Belfast: Northern Ireland Policing Board.

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Starmer redirects here For other people with this name see Starmer surname Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC k ɪer 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 He was previously Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013 The Right Honourable SirKeir StarmerKCB KC MPOfficial portrait 2017Leader of the OppositionIncumbentAssumed office 4 April 2020MonarchsElizabeth IICharles IIIPrime MinisterBoris JohnsonLiz TrussRishi SunakDeputyAngela RaynerPreceded byJeremy CorbynLeader of the Labour PartyIncumbentAssumed office 4 April 2020DeputyAngela RaynerGeneral SecretaryJennie Formby David EvansChairAngela Rayner Anneliese DoddsPreceded byJeremy CorbynShadow portfoliosShadow Secretary of State2016 2020Exiting the European UnionShadow Minister2015 2016ImmigrationMember of Parliamentfor Holborn and St PancrasIncumbentAssumed office 7 May 2015Preceded byFrank DobsonMajority27 763 48 9 Director of Public ProsecutionsIn office 1 November 2008 1 November 2013Appointed byThe Baroness Scotland of AsthalPreceded byKen MacdonaldSucceeded byAlison SaundersPersonal detailsBornKeir Rodney Starmer 1962 09 02 2 September 1962 age 61 London EnglandPolitical partyLabourSpouseVictoria Alexander m 2007 wbr Children2EducationUniversity of Leeds LLB St Edmund Hall Oxford BCL SignatureWebsitekeirstarmer wbr comKeir Starmer s voice source source Starmer on the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandalRecorded 30 April 2014Starmer was born in London and raised in Surrey where he attended the selective state Reigate Grammar School which became a private school while he was a student He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds in 1985 and gained a postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Law degree at St Edmund Hall at the University of Oxford in 1986 After being called to the bar Starmer practised predominantly in criminal defence work specialising in human rights matters Becoming a member of Doughty Street Chambers in 1990 he was appointed as Queen s Counsel QC in 2002 In 2008 he became Director of Public Prosecutions DPP and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service holding these positions until 2013 On conclusion of his five year term as DPP he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB in the 2014 New Year Honours Elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election Starmer was appointed Shadow Minister for Immigration by new party leader Jeremy Corbyn in September 2015 He resigned in 2016 as part of the wider June 2016 British shadow cabinet resignations in protest at Corbyn s leadership but accepted a new post under Corbyn later that year as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union following the EU membership referendum Starmer advocated a second referendum on Brexit in which he stated he would vote to remain this policy was ultimately included in the 2019 Labour election platform After Corbyn resigned following Labour s 2019 general election defeat Starmer won the party s 2020 leadership election His leadership has been characterised by movement towards the political centre and abandonment of the left wing platform of his leadership campaign as well as by opposition to some of the government response to the COVID 19 pandemic and issues such as Partygate the September 2022 mini budget and the cost of living crisis Starmer has emphasised the importance of eliminating antisemitism in the Labour Party In 2023 he set out five missions for a Labour government targeting issues such as economic growth health clean energy crime and education The party has seen varied results in local elections and by elections under his leadership but since late 2021 has maintained leads in opinion polling over the governing Conservative Party 1 2 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Legal career 2 1 Barrister 2 2 Director of Public Prosecutions 3 Early political career 3 1 Member of Parliament 3 2 Shadow Brexit Secretary 4 Leadership of the Labour Party 5 Political positions 5 1 Relationship to socialism 5 2 Domestic issues 5 3 Foreign affairs 6 Personal life 7 Awards and honours 8 Publications 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksEarly life and educationStarmer was born in Southwark London on 2 September 1962 3 4 He grew up in the small town of Oxted in Surrey 5 6 7 He was the second of the four children of Josephine nee Baker a nurse and Rodney Starmer who was a toolmaker 7 8 His mother had Still s disease 9 10 His parents were Labour Party supporters and named him after the party s first parliamentary leader Keir Hardie 11 12 He passed the 11 plus examination and gained entry to Reigate Grammar School then a voluntary aided selective grammar school 12 The school was converted into an independent fee paying school in 1976 while he was a student Although he was exempt from paying fees until the age of 16 his sixth form study fees were paid by a bursary he received from the private school s charity 13 14 15 Among his classmates were the musician Norman Cook alongside whom Starmer took violin lessons Andrew Cooper who went on to become a Conservative peer and future conservative journalist Andrew Sullivan According to Starmer he and Sullivan fought over everything Politics religion You name it 7 In his teenage years Starmer was active in Labour politics he was a member of the Labour Party Young Socialists in East Surrey 8 7 He was a junior exhibitioner at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama until the age of 18 and played the flute piano recorder and violin 16 Starmer studied law at the University of Leeds graduating with first class honours and a Bachelor of Laws LLB degree in 1985 becoming the first member of his family to graduate 11 17 He undertook postgraduate studies at St Edmund Hall Oxford graduating from the University of Oxford as a Bachelor of Civil Law BCL in 1986 18 11 From 1986 to 1987 Keir Starmer served as the editor of Socialist Alternatives a Trotskyist radical magazine The magazine was produced by an organization under the same name which represented the British section of the International Revolutionary Marxist Tendency IRMT 19 20 Legal careerBarrister Starmer became a barrister in 1987 at the Middle Temple becoming a bencher there in 2009 3 He served as a legal officer for the campaign group Liberty until 1990 11 He was a member of Doughty Street Chambers from 1990 onwards primarily working on human rights issues 9 11 He has been called to the bar in several Caribbean countries 21 where he has defended convicts sentenced to the death penalty 7 He assisted Helen Steel and David Morris in the McLibel case in the trial and appeal in English courts also represented them at the European court 22 The case was seen as a David and Goliath case a large team of leading lawyers represented McDonald s and the legal bills were estimated at 10m By contrast Steel and Morris were denied legal aid they acted on their own with help from lawyers including Starmer 23 Starmer was appointed Queen s Counsel on 9 April 2002 aged 39 24 In the same year he became joint head of Doughty Street Chambers Starmer served as a human rights adviser to the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Association of Chief Police Officers and was also a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office s death penalty advisory panel from 2002 to 2008 3 11 He later cited his work on policing in Northern Ireland as being a key influence on his decision to pursue a political career Some of the things I thought that needed to change in police services we achieved more quickly than we achieved in strategic litigation I came better to understand how you can change by being inside and getting the trust of people During this time he also marched and authored legal opinions against the Iraq War 7 In 2007 he was named QC of the Year by Chambers and Partners 11 Director of Public Prosecutions nbsp Starmer as Director of Public Prosecutions speaking at Chatham House in 2013In July 2008 Baroness Scotland of Asthal Attorney General for England and Wales named Starmer as the new head of the Crown Prosecution Service CPS and Director of Public Prosecutions He took over from Ken Macdonald on 1 November 2008 11 Macdonald himself a former defence lawyer publicly welcomed the appointment 12 Starmer was considered to be bringing a focus on human rights into the legal system 11 Within the first few months of his tenure Starmer upheld the decision not to prosecute the police officers who had killed Jean Charles de Menezes in a UK High Court appeal lodged by the family 25 The family then gave up on pursuing charges and nobody has been charged with the death of de Menezes 26 Later in 2009 when the Conservative Party proposed repealing the Human Rights Act 1998 Starmer defended it as a clear and basic statement of our citizens human rights 27 Liberty and the Liberal Democrats supported Starmer while the Conservative MP David T C Davies suggested he should be dismissed 28 In the same year he called for the CPS to modernise by being more open to scrutiny and less reliant on paper files 29 In 2011 he introduced reforms that included the first test paperless hearing 30 In February 2010 Starmer announced the CPS s decision to prosecute three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer for offences relating to false accounting in the aftermath of the parliamentary expenses scandal 31 They were all found guilty 32 In the same year he supported proposals to legally recognise different degrees of murder 33 In 2010 and 2012 Starmer said that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute two members of the UK security services for their alleged role in torture overseas he supported further investigation 34 35 36 In July 2010 Starmer announced the decision not to prosecute the police officer Simon Harwood in relation to the death of Ian Tomlinson this led to accusations by Tomlinson s family of a police cover up 37 After a subsequent inquest found that Tomlinson had been unlawfully killed Starmer announced that Harwood would be prosecuted for manslaughter The officer was acquitted by a jury in July 2012 but dismissed from the police that September 38 39 40 In December 2010 Starmer changed the decision process including requiring his personal approval to prosecute women who withdraw accusations of rape after a woman was convicted for perverting the course of justice despite judges belief that her claim of long term abuse intimidation and rape at the hands of her husband was true 41 He later produced guidelines to prevent women in similar circumstances from being unfairly prosecuted 42 In 2011 thirteen serving and former police officers were prosecuted for perverting the course of justice in the 1988 murder of Lynette White The prosecution were unable to provide documents which could have helped the defendants that were claimed to have been destroyed by the police officer leading the case against them The prosecution made the decision approved by Starmer not to offer any further evidence and the trial collapsed 43 44 45 Starmer ordered a review into the circumstances that had led to the decision and ordered a further review in 2012 when the missing documents were found 46 During the 2011 England riots Starmer prioritised rapid prosecutions of rioters over long sentences which he later thought had helped to bring the situation back under control 47 48 Later that year after revelations concerning the undercover police infiltration of environmental campaigns Starmer ordered a review of related convictions and invited protestors convicted of aggravated trespass to appeal their sentences 49 Starmer declined to authorise a wider enquiry after a report from the judge Christopher Rose found the issue to be a result of individual fault rather than a systemic problem 50 51 nbsp Starmer c 2012In February 2012 Starmer announced that Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne and his former wife Vicky Pryce would be prosecuted for perverting the course of justice in R v Huhne Huhne became the first UK cabinet minister in history to be compelled to resign as a result of criminal proceedings 52 Starmer had previously said in relation to the case that w here there is sufficient evidence we do not shy away from prosecuting politicians 53 Later that year he wrote advice for prosecutors saying that they should consider whether violent protestors organised or prepared for violence compared to protestors who got caught up in illegal actions 54 In the summer of 2012 journalist Nick Cohen published allegations that Starmer was personally responsible for allowing to proceed the prosecution of Paul Chambers in what became known as the Twitter joke trial Chambers conviction of sending a message of a menacing character was quashed after a third appeal The CPS denied that Starmer was behind the decision saying that it was the responsibility of a Crown Court and was out of Starmer s hands 55 Later that year Starmer published a plan for the criminal justice system to better handle cases of female genital mutilation at the time the offence had never been successfully prosecuted 56 At the end of 2012 he published guidance on prosecuting cases of grossly offensive posts on social media that called for caution in prosecuting cases and considering whether users quickly removed posts or showed remorse 57 58 In 2013 Starmer announced changes to how sexual abuse investigations are handled in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal including a panel to review historic complaints 59 60 In the same year he published a study showing that false reports of rape were rare saying that the devastating impact of false allegations and the perception that they are more common than the data support mean that police forces might adopt what he called a cautious approach that can lead to injustice for victims of rape 61 He also started an inquiry into the cause of a reduction in police reports of rape and domestic abuse 62 In the same year he altered guidelines for those improperly claiming benefits enabling them to face ten years in prison under the Fraud Act instead of a maximum of seven years under more specific legislation 63 Starmer left office in November 2013 and was replaced by Alison Saunders 64 65 Later that month the Labour Party announced that Starmer would lead an enquiry into changing the law to give further protection to victims in cases of rape and child abuse 66 On 28 December he said to BBC News he was rather enjoying having some free time and considering a number of options 67 There was speculation at the time that he would stand as a Labour Party candidate for the UK Parliament 68 After stepping down as Director of Public Prosecutions Starmer was granted a tax unregistered pension 69 Early political careerMember of Parliament Starmer was selected in December 2014 to be the Labour Party s prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour UK constituency of Holborn and St Pancras a safe seat following the decision of the sitting MP Frank Dobson to retire 70 Starmer was elected at the 2015 UK general election with a majority of 17 048 71 He was urged by a number of activists to stand in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election following the resignation of Ed Miliband he ruled this out citing his relative lack of political experience 72 73 During the campaign Starmer supported Andy Burnham who finished second to Jeremy Corbyn the new Leader of the Labour Party 74 Corbyn appointed Starmer to the Shadow Home Secretary s ministerial team as Shadow Minister for Immigration a role from which he resigned as part of the widespread June 2016 British shadow cabinet resignations in protest at Corbyn s leadership in his resignation letter he wrote that it was simply untenable now to suggest we can offer an effective opposition without a change of leader 75 76 Shadow Brexit Secretary nbsp Starmer pictured with his shadow cabinet colleagues at the launch of Labour s general election campaign 31 October 2019Following Corbyn s win in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election in September Starmer accepted an appointment as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union replacing Emily Thornberry who had held the role concurrently with her continuing position as Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 77 On taking up the role Starmer resigned from a consultancy position with the law firm specialising in human rights Mishcon de Reya that had acted for Gina Miller in bringing legal proceedings against the government in R Miller v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 78 In his role as Shadow Brexit Secretary Starmer questioned the government s destination for the UK outside of the European Union EU as well as calling for Brexit plans to be made public On 6 December 2016 the prime minister Theresa May confirmed the publication of Brexit plans in what some considered a victory for Starmer 79 He argued that the government would be need to pass a large number of new laws quickly or risk what he called an unsustainable legal vacuum if Britain left the EU without a deal 80 At the 2018 Labour Party Conference on 25 September Starmer advocated for a referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement saying that the party campaigning for a public vote must be an option 81 nbsp Starmer discussing the Labour Party s Brexit policies with Jeremy Corbyn December 2019In January 2017 Starmer called for a reform to the EU free movement rules following Brexit and for a fundamental rethink of immigration rules from start to finish 82 In his first interview after being appointed to the shadow cabinet Starmer said that immigration should be reduced after Britain left the EU by making sure we have the skills in this country 83 Starmer had told Politico in November 2016 that negotiations with the EU should start on the understanding that there must be some change to freedom of movement rules given that remaining in the EU single market is no longer a reality 84 In May 2017 Starmer said that free movement has to go but that it was important to allow EU citizens to migrate to the UK once they had a job offer given the importance of immigration for the UK s economy 85 Starmer was a supporter of a second referendum on Brexit 86 This position was included as a Labour Party policy in the party s 2019 UK general election manifesto 87 Leadership of the Labour PartyFurther information Labour Party leadership of Keir Starmer and Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer This section may lend undue weight to certain ideas incidents or controversies Please help to create a more balanced presentation Discuss and resolve this issue before removing this message September 2023 nbsp Starmer speaking at the 2020 Labour Party leadership election hustings in Bristol 1 February 2020In the 2019 general election Labour suffered its worst election defeat since 1935 with the Conservative Party earning an 80 seat majority 88 89 This was also the Labour Party s fourth consecutive general election defeat 90 Following this defeat Jeremy Corbyn announced that he would stand down as Leader of the Labour Party 91 Starmer announced his candidacy in the ensuing leadership election on 4 January 2020 winning endorsements from MPs as well as from the trade union Unison 92 Starmer won the 2020 Labour leadership contest on 4 April 2020 beating Rebecca Long Bailey and Lisa Nandy with 56 2 of the vote in the first round 93 and became Leader of the Opposition amidst the COVID 19 pandemic 94 His tenure has seen the party move closer towards the political centre 95 96 97 By 2022 Starmer had abandoned the socialist platform he advocated during his leadership run including pledges to nationalise public utilities scrap tuition fees and defend free movement within the EU citing changed socioeconomic situation in the years since 98 99 In a speech on 23 February 2023 Starmer set out five national missions which would be the basis for Labour s manifesto for the next general election whilst calling for a decade of national renewal 100 In the speech Starmer aimed for the UK to obtain the highest sustained growth in the G7 by the end of his first term 101 He also aimed for the UK to be a clean energy superpower with zero carbon electricity by 2030 101 Starmer also committed to health and care reform improving the justice system and also to break down the barriers to opportunity with education and childcare reforms 101 Starmer s leadership has been controversial within the party it has been charged by party members with the allegedly unfair treatment of leftist Labour members including the blocking of leftist candidates in local elections 102 103 The Labour Party lost almost 100 000 members during 2021 104 The Party has also been criticised for allegedly failing to respond to anti black racism and Islamophobia within the party as identified in the 2020 Forde Report commissioned by Starmer and conducted by Martin Forde KC 105 It accused the party of operating a hierarchy of racism or of discrimination in which certain forms of racism and abuse were not taken as seriously as others 105 Black Labour MPs have condemned the party s response to the problems raised in the report 106 nbsp Starmer with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Prime Minister Theresa May 14 November 2021Following past allegations of antisemitism in the party during the Jeremy Corbyn era Starmer pledged to end antisemitism in the party during his acceptance speech 107 108 Starmer apologised for the stain of anti Semitism within the party adding that he would tear out this poison by its roots 109 In October 2020 following the release of the Equality and Human Rights Commission EHRC s report into antisemitism in the party Starmer accepted its findings in full and apologised to Jews on behalf of the party 110 111 Later that day Jeremy Corbyn stated that the scale of the problem was also dramatically overstated for political reasons 112 He was later suspended over his response to the report 112 On 14 November 2022 it was reported that the leadership of the Labour Party would not restore the whip to Corbyn preventing him from standing for election on behalf of the Labour Party 113 In February 2023 Starmer s antisemitism reforms resulted in the party no longer being monitored by the EHRC 114 During the 2022 2023 industrial strikes Starmer urged his shadow cabinet members to refrain from joining picket lines Sam Tarry the shadow minister for buses and local transport appeared at a National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers strike picket outside Euston train station He was subsequently dismissed as minister which was criticised by trade union leaders 115 116 However a Labour Party spokesperson said that the sacking wasn t about appearing on a picket line Members of the frontbench sign up to collective responsibility That includes media appearances being approved and speaking to agreed frontbench positions 116 Since the end of 2021 Labour have maintained a poll lead over the Conservatives including the highest poll lead of any party in over 20 years amid the government crisis during the Premiership of Liz Truss 117 118 During the 2023 local elections the Labour Party gained more than 500 councillors and 22 councils becoming the largest party in local government for the first time since 2002 119 In September 2023 he reshuffled his shadow cabinet 120 Political positionsStarmer s politics have been described as unclear and hard to define 121 122 123 When he was elected as Labour leader Starmer was widely believed to belong to the soft left of the Labour Party 124 However he has since moved to the political centre ground 125 By the September 2023 shadow cabinet reshuffle most analysts concluded that Starmer had moved to the right of the party but with elements of the soft left remaining in the shadow cabinet 126 127 128 The term Starmerism has been coined to refer to Starmer s political ideology and his supporters have been called Starmerites 129 130 In June 2023 Starmer gave an interview to Time where he was asked to define Starmerism 131 Recognizing that our economy needs to be fixed Recognizing that solving climate change isn t just an obligation it s the single biggest opportunity that we ve got for our country going forward Recognizing that public services need to be reformed that every child and every place should have the best opportunities and that we need a safe environment safe streets et cetera In April 2023 Starmer gave an interview to The Economist on defining Starmerism 130 132 In this interview two main strands of Starmerism were identified 132 The first strand focused on a critique of the British state for being too ineffective and over centralised The answer to this critique was to base governance on five main missions to be followed over two terms of government these missions would determine all government policy The second strand was the adherence to an economic policy of modern supply side economics based on expanding economic productivity by increasing participation in the labour market mitigating the impact of Brexit and simplifying the construction planning process 132 Relationship to socialism Starmer wrote articles for the magazines Socialist Alternatives and Socialist Lawyer as a young man in the 1980s and 1990s 133 In July 1986 Starmer wrote in the first issue of Socialist Alternatives that trade unions should have had control over the industry and community 133 He wrote in Socialist Lawyer that Karl Marx was of course right in saying it was pointless to believe a change of society could only be achieved by arguing about fundamental rights 133 Gavin Millar a former legal colleague of Starmer has described his politics as red green a characterisation Starmer has agreed with 7 In a January 2020 interview Starmer described himself as a socialist 134 and stated in an opinion piece published by The Guardian the same month that his advocacy of socialism is motivated by a burning desire to tackle inequality and injustice 135 In an interview with the i s Francis Elliott in December 2021 Starmer refused to characterise himself as a socialist as he seeks to move Labour to the political centre for a possible next UK general election in 2023 asking What does that mean He added The Labour Party is a party that believes that we get the best from each other when we come together collectively and ensure that you know we give people both opportunity and support as they needed 136 In 2022 Starmer confirmed that he was no longer honouring the ten socialism based pledges that he had made in the 2020 party leadership contest 98 They were removed from his website late in 2023 137 Domestic issues Starmer has repeatedly emphasised the reform of public institutions against a so called tax and spend approach localism and devolution He has pledged to abolish the House of Lords which he has described as indefensible during the first term of a Labour government and to replace it with a directly elected Assembly of the Regions and Nations but the details of which will be subject to public consultation He criticised the Conservative Party for handing peerages to cronies and donors 138 Upon becoming leader of the Labour Party he tasked former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown with recommending constitutional reforms to British democracy 139 The report was published in 2022 and was endorsed and promoted by Starmer and recommended the abolition of the House of Lords greater powers given to local councils and mayors and deeper devolution to the nations of the United Kingdom 140 Starmer supports social ownership and investment in the UK s public services including the National Health Service NHS 141 142 143 In 2020 he pledged to increase income tax for the top 5 of earners and to end tax avoidance by corporations 141 but he backed away from the income tax commitment in 2023 144 He advocates the reversal of the Conservative Party s cuts in corporation tax and supported Labour s anti austerity proposals under Jeremy Corbyn s leadership 141 142 On social inequality Starmer proposes national wellbeing indicators to measure the country s performance on health inequality homelessness and the environment 145 He has called for an overhaul of the UK s Universal Credit scheme 146 Opposing Scottish independence and a second referendum on the subject the Labour Party under Starmer s leadership has set up a constitutional convention to address what he describes as a belief among people across the UK that decisions about me should be taken closer to me 147 148 Starmer is against the reunification of Ireland having stated that he would be very much on the side of Unionists if there were to be a border poll 149 Starmer has taken a strong line in favour of green policies aimed at tackling climate change and decarbonising the British economy Politico has described him as a green activist to his core and a green radical noting that while many other areas of the broader plan endorsed during his leadership campaign had been abandoned The party s biggest climate pledge remains intact a bold some say implausible commitment to remove fossil fuel power from Britain s electricity grid by 2030 five years quicker than the Conservative government s own target calling him dogmatic about the plan 150 He and his Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged in 2021 to invest an extra 28bn a year in green industries if elected in June 2023 this was changed to 28bn per year by the middle of their first term of government 151 On education Starmer vowed in 2021 to strip independent schools of their VAT exempt charitable status a move that has been criticised by the Independent Schools Council 152 15 and continues to pledge to do so 153 During the 2020 Labour Party leadership election Starmer pledged to scrap university tuition fees however he dropped this pledge in May 2023 due to a different financial situation following Liz Truss premiership instead aiming to reform the tuition fee system stating that the current system is unfair it doesn t really work for students doesn t work for universities 154 He is supportive of faith schools stating I think it s good that we create strong bonds within schools and therefore I wouldn t tinker with the way that we run our faith schools 155 He has ruled out extending free school meals to all primary school pupils in England Instead Starmer has pledged to extend breakfast clubs including free breakfasts for every primary school in England 156 157 Starmer s position on public ownership over national infrastructure has changed over time In the 2020 Labour Party leadership election Starmer ran on a pledge to renationalise rail mail water and energy back into common ownership he dropped this pledge in July 2022 claiming he would instead take a pragmatic approach to public ownership 158 159 As of September 2023 he remained committed to renationalising the railways as existing contracts expire the creation of a publicly owned energy company and stricter regulation of water companies 160 161 162 163 Starmer favours partnership between government and business having said A political party without a clear plan for making sure businesses are successful and growing which doesn t want them to do well and make a profit has no hope of being a successful government 164 Starmer has pledged to halve the rates of violence against women and girls halve the rates of serious violent crime halve the incidents of knife crime increase confidence in the criminal justice system and create a Charging Commission which would be tasked with coming up with reforms to reverse the decline in the number of offences being solved 165 He has also committed to placing specialist domestic violence workers in the control rooms of every police force responding to 999 calls to support victims of abuse 166 In 2023 the Byline Times wrote that Starmer actively opposes a move to proportional representation for the House of Commons 167 The proposed change to a proportional representation system for the UK Parliament is supported by a two thirds majority of trade unions that align with the Labour Party and was formally backed by an overwhelming majority of Labour delegates at the party s 2022 party conference 167 It was revealed in September 2022 that at that point 370 Constituency Labour Parties CLPs had formally passed policy in favour of proportional representation equating to about 60 of all CLPs in the UK 168 169 After confirming he would not scrap the current two child benefit cap Starmer was criticised by many within his own party 170 Foreign affairs nbsp Starmer meets with the U S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the U S Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson July 2020Starmer voted remain in the Brexit referendum and then as Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union was an advocate for a second Brexit referendum after the process of the UK withdrawal from the EU was completed In 2021 he ruled out a return to free movement with the EU or substantial renegotiation of the EU UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement if Labour won the next UK general election 171 In 2023 Starmer wrote in the Daily Express that Britain s future is outside the EU and he would not take the UK back into the EU or into the single market customs union or return to freedom of movement 172 173 However he has called for much closer economic diplomatic and military collaboration with the European Union and would seek to revisit the Brexit deal negotiated and implemented under former Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson 174 175 Starmer has advocated an end to illegal wars and a review of the UK arms export 141 During his leadership campaign he pledged to create a Prevention of Military Intervention Act which would only permit lawful military action with the support of the House of Commons 176 177 Starmer stated in 2015 that he believed that the Iraq War was not lawful under international law because there was no UN resolution expressly authorising it 178 Starmer called for sanctions against Chinese officials who have been involved in human rights abuses 179 He criticised the United Kingdom s involvement in the Saudi Arabian led intervention in Yemen saying that it is Boris Johnson and his government who have signed off on the sale of billions of pounds of fighter jets bombs and missiles weapons that have destroyed civilian infrastructure targeted schools and hospitals and fuelled the humanitarian crisis that Yemen faces The government must face up to its complicity in this crisis and we must all talk about Yemen 180 181 Starmer condemned the assassination of Qasem Soleimani and said the world needed to engage not isolate Iran and warned that all sides need to de escalate tensions and prevent further conflict 182 Of the United States as it transitioned from the presidency of Donald Trump to that of Joe Biden he said I m anti Trump but I m pro American And I m incredibly optimistic about the new relationship we can build with President Biden He argued that Britain is at its strongest when it is the bridge between the US and the rest of Europe 148 Starmer said that Israel must respect international law and called on the Israeli government to work with leaders of Palestine to de escalate the Israeli Palestinian conflict 183 Starmer opposes illegal Israeli settlements proposals for Israeli annexation of the West Bank and the eviction of Palestinians in the Israeli occupied territories he also opposes the Palestinian led Boycott Divestment and Sanctions BDS movement promoting boycotts divestments and economic sanctions against Israel 184 185 Starmer also has expressed support for the creation of an inverse OPEC dedicated to accelerating the implementation of renewable energy 186 He has rejected the contention that Israel is an apartheid state 187 In June 2023 he met with the Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom Husam Zomlot in which Starmer recommitted the party to the recognition of a Palestinian state if the Labour Party wins the next general election 188 During the 2021 2022 Russo Ukrainian crisis Starmer held a meeting with NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg and said in an interview with the BBC that his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn was wrong to be a critic of NATO and that the Labour Party s commitment to the alliance was unshakeable He elaborated on this point that he felt it was important for me to make clear that we stand united in the UK Whatever challenges we have with the Boris Johnson s government when it comes to Russian aggression we stand together 189 He said Russia should be hit with widespread and hard hitting economic sanctions 190 He also criticised the Stop the War Coalition in an opinion piece for The Guardian arguing that they were not benign voices for peace but rather a t best they are naive at worst they actively give succour to authoritarian leaders such as Vladimir Putin who directly threaten democracies 191 In February 2023 he travelled to Ukraine to meet with President Volodomyr Zelenskyy during which he pledged unwavering support for Ukraine during the Russian invasion of the country and that if he became Prime Minister there would be no change in Britain s position on the war in Ukraine 192 193 He also called for Russian leaders including Vladimir Putin to be tried at The Hague for crimes against humanity 194 195 Starmer supported the issuing of an international arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin 196 Starmer supports maintaining the UK s nuclear arsenal as the nuclear deterrent and voted for renewal of the Trident programme he supports the general post Cold War British policy of a gradual reduction in nuclear stockpiles 189 197 According to Declassified UK Starmer is a former member of the Trilateral Commission a nongovernmental international organisation aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan Western Europe and North America 198 During the 2023 Hamas Israel War Starmer emphasised his support for Israel stated he would favour military aid to the country and described the actions of Hamas and other militants as terrorism 199 200 In an interview with LBC on 11 October 2023 Starmer was asked whether it would be appropriate for Israel to totally cut off power and water supplies to Gaza with Starmer replying that I think that Israel does have that right and that obviously everything should be done within international law 201 202 The Labour Muslim Network the Palestine Solidarity Campaign PSC and Amnesty International described his comments as endorsing collective punishment which they said was a war crime 203 204 205 PSC Director Ben Jamal called Starmer s stance on Israel grotesque 206 Over 20 Labour councillors resigned over his stance which has led to the loss of the Labour Party s majority on Oxford City Council 207 208 209 210 211 Over 40 Labour MPs and 250 Labour councillors have called on Starmer to back an immediate ceasefire in Gaza which a YouGov poll suggests 76 of the British public supports 212 On 20 October Starmer clarified that he only meant that Israel had the right to defend itself 202 213 Fifteen Scottish Labour officers resigned over the way the Labour Party had applied its rules during the Israel Gaza War Nine of the officers said the party was stifling democracy when it ruled a motion calling for an end to military action was out of order 214 On 4 November 2023 Burnley Council leader Afrasiab Anwar and 10 other councillors resigned from the Labor Party over Starmer s refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza 215 Personal lifeStarmer married Victoria Alexander in 2007 216 She was previously a solicitor but now works in NHS occupational health 7 217 The couple s son and daughter are being brought up in the Jewish faith of their mother 218 Starmer himself stated he does not believe in God but does believe in faith and its power to bring people together 219 He is a pescatarian and his wife is a vegetarian They raised their children as vegetarians until they were 10 years old at which point they were given the option of eating meat 220 Starmer is a keen footballer having played for Homerton Academicals a north London amateur team 12 and supports Premier League side Arsenal 7 Awards and honours nbsp The star given to those appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath including StarmerAppointed Queen s Counsel QC in 2002 221 Bar Council s Sydney Elland Goldsmith Award in 2005 for his outstanding contribution to pro bono work in challenging the death penalty in Uganda Kenya Malawi and the Caribbean 222 Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall Oxford 223 Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to law and criminal justice 224 225 Sworn into the Privy Council of the United Kingdom on 19 July 2017 226 This enabled him to be styled The Right Honourable 227 Honorary degrees issued to Keir Starmer Date School Degree21 July 2011 University of Essex Doctor of university D U 228 16 July 2012 University of Leeds Doctor of Laws LL D 229 19 November 2013 University of East London Doctor of university D U 230 19 December 2013 London School of Economics Doctor of Laws LL D 231 232 14 July 2014 University of Reading Doctor of Laws LL D 233 18 November 2014 University of Worcester Doctor of university D U 234 PublicationsStarmer is the author and editor of several books about criminal law and human rights including 3 Justice in Error 1993 edited with Clive Walker London Blackstone ISBN 1 85431 234 0 The Three Pillars of Liberty Political Rights and Freedoms in the United Kingdom 1996 with Francesca Klug and Stuart Weir London Routledge ISBN 0 415 09641 3 Signing Up for Human Rights The United Kingdom and International Standards 1998 with Conor Foley 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ruthless Starmer will he retain or scrap tuition fees The Guardian Retrieved 1 May 2023 Pippa Crerar 23 February 2023 Keir Starmer Labour already planning second term in government The Guardian Retrieved 23 August 2023 a b c Dan Bloom 23 February 2023 Labour s Keir Starmer sets out 5 missions promises detail later Politico Retrieved 23 August 2023 Harris John Cold cynical and paranoid if this is Labour in opposition what will it look like in power The Guardian Retrieved 11 June 2023 Driver Tony 5 November 2022 Keir Starmer accused of purging Labour Left as Corbynite candidates blocked from standing to be MP Telegraph Retrieved 28 April 2023 Stone Jon 17 August 2022 Labour loses nearly 100 000 members and makes 5 million loss in 2021 The Independent a b Adu Aletha 18 March 2023 Labour accused of still not engaging with hierarchy of racism claims The Guardian Retrieved 30 April 2023 Merrick Rob 26 July 2022 Kick in the teeth Black Labour MPs condemn party s response to report uncovering racism The Independent Retrieved 30 April 2023 Labour leadership winner Sir Keir Starmer BBC News 4 April 2020 Retrieved 16 July 2023 A guide to Labour Party anti Semitism claims BBC News 18 November 2020 Retrieved 5 May 2023 New Labour leader Keir Starmer vows to lead party into new era BBC News 4 April 2020 Retrieved 3 August 2023 Walker Peter 29 October 2020 Keir Starmer EHRC antisemitism report is day of shame for Labour The Guardian Archived from the original on 29 October 2020 Retrieved 29 October 2020 Syal Rajeev 29 October 2020 Antisemitism in Labour what did the report find and what happens next The Guardian Archived from the original on 30 October 2020 Retrieved 29 October 2020 a b Jeremy Corbyn suspended from Labour Party over antisemitism report reaction Sky News 29 October 2020 Archived from the original on 29 October 2020 Retrieved 29 October 2020 Adu Aletha Crerar Pippa Elgot Jessica 14 November 2022 Jeremy Corbyn will never stand for Labour again say senior figures The Guardian Retrieved 16 November 2022 Labour no longer being monitored by equalities watchdog after antisemitism reforms Sky News Retrieved 15 February 2023 Harry Taylor 20 June 2022 Keir Starmer tells Labour frontbench they should not join rail strike pickets The Guardian Retrieved 7 May 2023 a b Jessica Elgot 27 July 2022 Shadow ministers question Labour s stance on strikes after Tarry sacking The Guardian Retrieved 7 May 2023 Beth Mann 21 October 2022 Britons now think that Labour will win a majority at the next election YouGov Retrieved 9 July 2023 Labour surge to 33 point lead over the Conservatives in new poll ITV News 29 September 2022 Retrieved 9 July 2023 Joshua Nevett 5 May 2023 Local elections 2023 Labour eyes power after crushing Tory losses BBC News Retrieved 5 May 2023 Labour reshuffle Sir Keir Starmer to shake up shadow cabinet BBC News 3 September 2023 Retrieved 3 September 2023 Keir Starmer a serious Labour man The Economist 27 February 2020 ISSN 0013 0613 Retrieved 19 May 2023 It is hard to define what Sir Keir stands for politically Grierson Jamie Stewart Heather 15 December 2019 Labour leadership contest who are the runners and riders The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 19 May 2023 Away from Brexit his politics are less clear Editorial 6 April 2020 The Guardian view on Keir Starmer a serious politician The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 19 May 2023 This makes it hard to define what Sir Keir stands for politically But it is clear what he is not a populist Bienkov Adam Payne Adam Keir Starmer wins the Labour leadership contest and vows to unite the party Business Insider Retrieved 19 May 2023 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Chaplain Chloe 23 May 2023 Purging the left and ditching socialism could see Labour lose voters Sir Keir Starmer warned i Retrieved 31 May 2023 Hayward Freddie 6 September 2023 Starmer s transition from soft left to Labour right is complete New Statesman Retrieved 12 September 2023 Dawson Bethany Honeycombe Foster Matt 4 September 2023 Keir Starmer bolsters UK Labour s right flank in sweeping reshuffle Politico Retrieved 13 September 2023 Pickard Jim 4 September 2023 Keir Starmer hands Blairite MPs key roles in Labour reshuffle The Financial Times Retrieved 13 September 2023 Fielding Steven 29 December 2020 What does Starmer stand for The Spectator Retrieved 20 June 2023 a b Self Josh 2 May 2023 For Starmerites apostasy on tax and spend is central to the creed Politics co uk Retrieved 20 June 2023 Serhan Yasmeen 11 June 2023 How Britain s Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer Plans to End 13 Years of Conservative Rule Time Retrieved 20 June 2023 a b c Sir Keir Starmer on Starmerism The Economist 26 April 2023 Retrieved 20 June 2023 a b c Rentoul John 4 September 2021 Keir Starmer has come a long way from the anti capitalism of his youth The Independent Archived from the original on 30 September 2021 Retrieved 30 September 2021 Osley Richard 24 January 2020 Keir Starmer leadership interview I m a socialist for me it has a very practical application Camden New Journal Archived from the original on 17 December 2020 Retrieved 13 January 2021 Starmer Keir 15 January 2020 Labour can win again if we make the moral case for socialism The Guardian Archived from the original on 1 July 2020 Retrieved 20 June 2020 Elliott Francis 16 December 2021 Voters are no longer prepared to give Boris Johnson the benefit of the doubt says Sir Keir Starmer inews co uk Archived from the original on 25 December 2021 Retrieved 25 December 2021 Hunter Ross 2 December 2023 Keir Starmer s pledges from 2020 election erased from website The National Retrieved 6 December 2023 Wells Ione 20 November 2022 Labour would abolish the House of Lords BBC News Retrieved 13 September 2023 Quadri Sami 5 December 2022 Labour to abolish House of Lords as quickly as possible The Evening Standard Retrieved 13 September 2023 Labour plans to expand Lords despite abolition pledge BBC News 21 June 2023 Retrieved 13 September 2023 a b c d My Pledges to You Keir Starmer com Archived from the original on 4 April 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2020 a b Labour was right to take radical position on austerity says Keir Starmer The New European 30 December 2019 Archived from the original on 4 March 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2020 Keir Starmer calls for end to scandal of spiralling student debt The Guardian 11 February 2020 Archived from the original on 5 March 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2020 Sparrow Andrew 2 May 2023 Sue Gray declined to make representations to inquiry into her role with Labour Dowden says as it happened The Guardian Retrieved 2 May 2023 Sir Keir Starmer pledges to prioritise nation s wellbeing on Cambridge visit Cambridge Independent 6 February 2020 Archived from the original on 8 June 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2020 Buchan Lizzy 6 February 2020 Keir Starmer demands overhaul of deeply flawed universal credit to protect domestic abuse survivors The Independent Archived from the original on 7 February 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2020 Morris Nigel 10 January 2021 Why Keir Starmer has changed his mind over free movement and doesn t want to rejoin the EU i Archived from the original on 10 January 2021 Retrieved 16 January 2021 a b Rea Ailbhe 16 January 2021 Keir Starmer opens up on foreign policy and conversations with Barack Obama New Statesman Archived from the original on 16 January 2021 Retrieved 16 January 2021 Nutt Kathleen 11 July 2021 Keir Starmer would campaign against a United Ireland The National Archived from the original on 11 July 2021 Retrieved 11 July 2021 Cooper Charlie 7 September 2023 Labour s Keir Starmer is a green activist to his core Politico Retrieved 13 September 2023 Morton Becky 9 June 2023 Rachel Reeves waters down Labour 28bn green projects pledge BBC News Retrieved 13 September 2023 Tax private schools to raise 1 7bn for state education Sir Keir Starmer says ITV News 26 September 2021 Archived from the original on 7 July 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 Lough Catherine 11 July 2022 Sir Keir Starmer vows to end charitable status for private schools The Independent Archived from the original on 16 July 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 Baker Tim 2 May 2023 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer drops pledge to scrap tuition fees Sky News Retrieved 13 September 2023 Harpin Lee 10 September 2023 Starmer Labour in power would be more supportive of faith schools Jewish News Retrieved 13 September 2023 Wingate Sophie 6 July 2023 Starmer declines to commit to free school meals as he sets out education reforms The Independent Retrieved 13 September 2023 Morris Sophie 27 September 2022 Free breakfast for all primary school children in England under Labour Sky News Retrieved 13 September 2023 Culbertson Alix 25 July 2022 Starmer U turns on leadership election pledge to renationalise railways Sky News Archived from the original on 29 July 2022 Retrieved 29 July 2022 Brown Mark Stewart Heather 25 July 2022 Starmer says he won t be ideological amid renationalisation row The Guardian Archived from the original on 29 July 2022 Retrieved 29 July 2022 Diver Tony 26 September 2022 Labour vows to renationalise railways to put power in hands of public The Daily Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 13 September 2023 Publicly owned clean energy company will create thousands of jobs in Scotland Sir Keir Starmer to say Sky News 19 June 2023 Retrieved 13 September 2023 Plimmer Gill Pickard Jim 5 May 2023 Labour plans new water regulator for England and Wales Financial Times Retrieved 13 September 2023 Riley Smith Ben 13 August 2023 Polluting water companies will be automatically fined under Labour plans The Daily Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 13 September 2023 Mason Rowena 23 February 2022 Starmer Labour will partner with private sector and take advantage of Brexit The Guardian Archived from the original on 19 March 2022 Retrieved 8 May 2022 Brown Faye 8 August 2023 Labour pledges to reverse collapse in solving crime with Charging Commission Sky News Retrieved 13 September 2023 Starmer Keir 23 March 2023 Keir Starmer unveils mission to halve serious violent crime and raise confidence in the police and criminal justice system to its highest levels The Labour Party Retrieved 13 September 2023 a b Mortimer Josiah 27 April 2023 Keir Starmer Now Opposes Scrapping Westminster s Voting System for PR in Blow for Reformers Byline Times Retrieved 29 April 2023 Baker Katherine Kind Samuel 21 September 2022 Support for proportional representation among local parties is overwhelming LabourList Retrieved 14 May 2023 Neame Katie 21 September 2022 PR conference motions most popular among CLPs for second year running LabourList Retrieved 14 May 2023 Crerar Pippa Butler Patrick 17 July 2023 Labour MPs urge Starmer to rethink two child benefit cap decision The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 13 September 2023 Starmer No case for rejoining EU or major renegotiation of trade deal Yahoo News Archived from the original on 22 January 2021 Retrieved 16 January 2021 Gutteridge Nick 31 May 2023 Keir Starmer faces Labour Brexit backlash for vowing to stay outside EU The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 15 June 2023 Starmer Keir 31 May 2023 UK s future is outside the EU but we need to act now to make Brexit work Daily Express Retrieved 15 June 2023 Riley Smith Ben 18 May 2023 Keir Starmer to relax EU trade barriers within 18 months of becoming PM The Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 13 September 2023 Wright Oliver 13 September 2023 Keir Starmer says he would revisit Brexit deal to boost economy The Times ISSN 0140 0460 Retrieved 13 September 2023 Labour leadership The key policies of Keir Starmer Rebecca Long Bailey and Lisa Nandy The Independent 25 February 2020 Archived from the original on 27 March 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2020 What does Keir Starmer mean by a Prevention of Military Intervention Act LabourList 12 February 2020 Archived from the original on 27 February 2020 Retrieved 1 April 2020 Starmer Keir 30 November 2015 Airstrikes in Syria are lawful but I ll be voting against them The Guardian Archived from the original on 10 April 2020 Retrieved 10 April 2020 China Keir Starmer urges Boris Johnson to impose human rights sanctions The Independent 20 July 2020 Archived from the original on 1 February 2022 Retrieved 1 February 2022 Boris Johnson says Keir Starmer could have asked questions about UK when Labour leader raises Yemen aid cut The Independent 3 March 2021 Archived from the original on 1 February 2022 Retrieved 1 February 2022 Sir Keir Starmer demands how Boris Johnson can justify Yemen aid cuts while selling arms to Saudi Arabia ITV News 3 March 2021 Archived from the original on 1 February 2022 Retrieved 1 February 2022 US denies latest airstrikes targeting Iraqi militia in Baghdad as it happened The Guardian 6 January 2020 Archived from the original on 1 February 2022 Retrieved 1 February 2022 Doherty Rosa 11 May 2021 Starmer under fire over one sided response to Israeli Palestinian violence The Jewish Chronicle Archived from the original on 12 May 2021 Retrieved 15 May 2021 Keir Starmer has said he is a friend to Palestinians but his latest speech doesn t square with that The Independent 8 November 2021 Archived from the original on 1 February 2022 Retrieved 1 February 2022 UK Labour leader denounces anti Zionist antisemitism The Jerusalem Post 16 November 2021 Archived from the original on 1 February 2022 Retrieved 1 February 2022 Movement Q ai Powering a Personal Wealth Keir Starmer Calls For An inverse OPEC To Accelerate Renewable Energy Adoption Worldwide Forbes Retrieved 21 February 2023 Simmons Jake Wallace 7 April 2022 Israel is not an apartheid state says Keir Starmer as he apologises for the Corbyn years The Jewish Chronicle Retrieved 13 September 2023 Pope Felix 14 June 2023 Keir Starmer meets chief Palestinian diplomat in the UK The Jewish Chronicle Retrieved 13 September 2023 a b Jeremy Corbyn was wrong on Nato says Sir Keir Starmer BBC News 10 February 2022 Archived from the original on 10 February 2022 Retrieved 10 February 2022 Johnson hints German reliance on Russian gas could affect Ukraine response The Guardian 25 January 2022 Archived from the original on 18 February 2022 Retrieved 13 February 2022 Stewart Heather 10 February 2022 Keir Starmer accuses Stop the War coalition of siding with Nato s enemies The Guardian Archived from the original on 10 February 2022 Retrieved 10 February 2022 Ogirenko Valentyn 16 February 2023 UK will back Ukraine if opposition Labour win power Labour leader Reuters Retrieved 13 September 2023 Honeycombe Foster Matt 16 February 2023 UK s Keir Starmer vows unwavering support in surprise Ukraine visit Politico Retrieved 13 September 2023 Keir Starmer meets Ukraine s President Zelensky in Kyiv BBC News 16 February 2023 Retrieved 13 September 2023 Patrick Holly 8 February 2023 Starmer says Putin and all his cronies should stand at the Hague and face justice The Independent retrieved 13 September 2023 Cordon Gavin 17 March 2023 Britain welcomes issuing of arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin Evening Standard Retrieved 13 September 2023 Sabbagh Dan Elgot Jessica 16 March 2021 Keir Starmer accuses PM of breaking policy on nuclear disarmament The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Kennard Matt 26 July 2023 Keir Starmer joined secretive CIA linked group while serving in Corbyn s shadow cabinet Declassified UK Retrieved 26 July 2023 UK Labour leader Starmer Israel must always have right to defend itself Reuters 10 October 2023 Retrieved 13 October 2023 MacInnes Paul Steinberg Jacob 11 October 2023 FA will announce plans to honour Israel victims before England friendly The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 13 October 2023 Israel has the right to withhold power and water from Gaza says Sir Keir Starmer LBC 11 October 2023 a b Keir Starmer facing pressure over Gaza stance BBC News 25 October 2023 Retrieved 26 October 2023 Israel Palestine war Labour Muslims condemn Starmer for backing collective punishment Middle East Eye 11 October 2023 Tahir Tariq 11 October 2023 Keir Starmer suggests it is acceptable for Israel to withhold power and water from Gaza The National Sir Keir condemned for defending Israeli government s right to cut off water and food to people in Gaza Morning Star 11 October 2023 Starmer s comments on Israel withholding water from Gaza are grotesque Palestinian activist says The Independent Retrieved 26 October 2023 Pidd Helen 16 October 2023 Labour councillors quit party in protest at Keir Starmer s Israel stance The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 16 October 2023 Neame Katie Belger Tom 24 October 2023 Quitting councillors accuse Starmer of gaslighting critics over Gaza stance LabourList Archived from the original on 4 November 2023 Retrieved 24 October 2023 Langford Eleanor 25 October 2023 Keir Starmer mosque row explained as he meets Muslim MPs over Israel Gaza comments i News Retrieved 26 October 2023 Soni Darshna 21 October 2023 More than 20 Labour councillors resign following Starmer s Israel comment Channel 4 News Retrieved 26 October 2023 Labour loses majority on Oxford City Council after ninth resignation BBC News 26 October 2023 Retrieved 26 October 2023 Adu Aletha 25 October 2023 Keir Starmer told MPs his visit to mosque could have been handled better The Guardian Retrieved 26 October 2023 Rogers Alexandra 20 October 2023 Sir Keir Starmer seeks to clarify Gaza remarks following backlash from Labour councillors Sky News Retrieved 28 October 2023 Fifteen Scottish Labour officers resign over Gaza policy BBC News 23 October 2023 Retrieved 26 October 2023 Eardley Nick Faulkne Doug 5 November 2023 Labour Burnley councillors quit party over Israel Gaza ceasefire stance BBC News Retrieved 14 November 2023 What do we know about Sir Keir Starmer s wife Lady Starmer Tatler 24 April 2020 Archived from the original on 18 August 2020 Pickard Jim 7 May 2020 Keir Starmer The government has been slow in nearly all of the major decisions Financial Times Archived from the original on 15 June 2020 Harpin Lee 16 November 2020 Starmer Our kids are being brought up to know their Jewish backgrounds The Jewish Chronicle Politics Keir Starmer I may not believe in God but I do believe in faith i 11 April 2021 Archived from the original on 9 July 2021 Holl Allen Genevieve 26 July 2023 Sir Keir Starmer I didn t let my children eat meat until they were 10 The Daily Telegraph ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 13 September 2023 Crown Office London Gazette Archived from the original on 24 December 2019 Retrieved 24 December 2019 Knighthood former Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer QC Awards Intelligence 2 January 2014 Archived from the original on 21 October 2019 Retrieved 25 September 2019 Sir Keir Starmer Honorary Fellow St Edmund Hall Archived from the original on 30 July 2022 Retrieved 30 July 2022 No 60728 The London Gazette Supplement 31 December 2013 p 3 The New Year Honours List 2014 Higher Awards PDF GOV uk 30 January 2013 Archived PDF from the original on 31 December 2013 Retrieved 30 December 2013 Business Transacted and Orders Approved at The Privy Council Held by The Queen at Buckingham Palace on 19th July 2017 PDF Privy Council Office Archived PDF from the original on 30 August 2017 Retrieved 15 May 2019 Privy Council history Privy Council Office Archived from the original on 7 January 2021 Retrieved 3 January 2021 Honorary Graduates Profile Keir Starmer QC University of Essex Archived from the original on 16 July 2019 Retrieved 23 June 2015 O Rourke Tanya Honorary graduates University of Leeds Archived from the original on 4 September 2019 Retrieved 15 May 2019 Atwal Kay 19 November 2013 Keir Starmer QC awarded honorary doctorate by east London university Newham Recorder Archived from the original on 16 July 2019 Retrieved 15 May 2019 Bennett Dan LSE Honorary Degrees London School of Economics Archived from the original on 16 July 2019 Retrieved 15 May 2019 Keir Starmer QC awarded an LSE Honorary Degree London School of Economics Archived from the original on 16 July 2019 Retrieved 15 May 2019 Leading legal figure awarded Honorary Degree University of Reading 14 July 2014 Archived from the original on 16 November 2018 Retrieved 15 May 2019 Sir Keir Starmer KCB QC University of Worcester 18 November 2014 Archived from the original on 16 November 2018 Retrieved 2 June 2018 Further readingEagleton Oliver 2022 The Starmer Project A Journey to the Right paperback ed Verso Books ISBN 978 1 83976 464 6 External linksKeir Starmer at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote nbsp Data from Wikidata Keir Starmer on Twitter nbsp Official website Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom Contributions in Parliament at Hansard Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803 2005 Voting record at Public Whip Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou CPS Appearances on C SPANLegal officesPreceded byKen Macdonald Director 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