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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

‘Lots of bumps in the road’: Keir Starmer faces testing month before one-year milestone

Keir Starmer in profile
Keir Starmer will mark a year in Downing Street in July. Photograph: Andy Buchanan/PA

As Keir Starmer approaches his first anniversary in Downing Street, there will be several things he wishes he had done differently. But before he can contemplate that July milestone, he faces a busy month strewn with political bear traps.

June has proven a difficult time for successive prime ministers: Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak all had to contend with deeply unhappy parliamentary parties reeling from heavy local and European election losses.

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