Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (/ ˈ k ɪər / ⓘ KEER; born 2 September 1962) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024.

Jul 5, 2024 · Labour leader Keir Starmer on Friday accepted the request of King Charles III to form a government after his party’s landslide victory. In a ceremony known as the “kissing of hands,” Starmer officially became U.K. prime minister.

Jan 29, 2025 · Keir Starmer (born September 2, 1962, London, England) is a British politician and barrister (lawyer) who became leader of the Labour Party in 2020. He has served as a member of Parliament for Holborn and St. Pancras since 2015.

Jul 4, 2024 · LONDON — Britain’s next prime minister is a human rights lawyer who once called for the British monarchy to be abolished, but years later knelt before Charles, then prince of Wales, to be...

Sir Keir Rodney Starmer KCB KC MP (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and barrister who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 5 July 2024, and has served as the leader of the Labour Party since 2020. [1] He was the Leader of …

Jul 6, 2024 · Sir Keir Starmer is now the nation’s prime minister. Many notable Tories lost their election, including former Prime Minister Liz Truss, leader of the House Penny Mordaunt, who was...

Jul 5, 2024 · Three years ago Sir Keir Starmer seriously considered quitting as Labour leader. It was 2021 and his party had just lost the Hartlepool by-election to Boris Johnson’s Conservatives. It was...

Jul 5, 2024 · London — When Keir Starmer was elected to lead Britain's Labour Party in 2020, right after the party suffered its worst general election defeat in 85 years, he made it his mission...

The British prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, practised law before his political career began in 2015. Since becoming a barrister in 1987, he mostly dealt with criminal defence work on human rights matters.

Jul 5, 2024 · Newly-elected Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria Starmer enter his official London residence at No 10 Downing Street for the first time after the Labour Party won a landslide victory at the 2024 General Election.