Keir Starmer seeks 2030 host for troubled Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the Alexander Stadium during the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, which stepped in when Durban was stripped of the right to host. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters

Keir Starmer will try to find a host country for the 2030 Commonwealth Games this week as ministers try to shore up the tournament’s future.

The prime minister’s spokesperson said Starmer wanted to see “a successful Commonwealth Games from 2030” and would spend time at this week “talking to partners about who may be interested in taking that forward”.