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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

‘Starmer always seems to be abroad’: where has the PM been travelling to?

Keir Starmer holds a mug while reading papers on a plane
Keir Starmer gets some work done on one of his frequent flights during his first few months as PM. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

No sooner had Keir Starmer got the keys to No 10 than the new prime minister was out of the country at the Nato summit in Washington. When the prime minister returns from the G20 in Brazil this week, he will have been out of the country for 26 days – five working weeks in just under five months in office.

By the end of the month, Starmer will have taken at least 10 overseas trips, more than any Conservative PM in a similar timeframe. The regularity of the prime minister jetting out of the country has alarmed some in No 10.

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