The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

International Women’s Day: Labour must do more to promote women, says Sir Keir Starmer

Labour is the only major party to never have had a female leader

Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2022

Permanent scrapping of Trump's whisky tariffs would be priority of a Labour Government

In an interview with the Daily Record, senior shadow cabinet member Lisa Nandy also took an uncompromising stance on national security and promised to make levelling up work for Scotland.

Daily Record · Mar 8, 2022

Nuremberg-style tribunal needed to prosecute Putin for invasion – Starmer

The Labour leader said a tribunal would be the best way of trying the Russian leader for a ‘crime of aggression’.

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022

Starmer has restored Labour’s strength on national security, says former aide

Writing in the Guardian, Ben Nunn says party’s support for Nato now clear after ambiguity of Corbyn years

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022

Keir Starmer’s clarity on foreign policy will restore trust in Labour

After the Skripal poisoning, Starmer took a principled stand against Russia. He has shown the same decisiveness on Ukraine, says Ben Nunn, former communications director for Keir Starmer

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022

Keir Starmer calls for investigation into Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage

UK spy agencies reframed warning about security risk of appointing media owner after Boris Johnson intervened

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2022

Defending democracy abroad should not mean PM gets off with partygate – Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader appeared to disagree with comments made earlier by Sir Keir Starmer.

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2022

Now is not the time to call for PM to quit – Starmer

The Labour leader said it was more important to show unity in the face of Russian aggression.

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2022

Labour insist Boris Johnson should still resign despite call for unity over Ukraine

Keir Starmer twice declined to repeat his call for Boris Johnson to quit over Partygate in a BBC interview. But Labour insisted the party has not withdrawn the call, it's just focusing on Ukraine for now

Daily Mirror · Mar 6, 2022

Boris Johnson accused of 'risking national security' with peerage for Russian-born crony

Keir Starmer called for the Intelligence Committee to investigate the Prime Minister over bombshell claims that the security services raised concerns about Lord Lebedev - but they were dropped after the PM personally intervened

Daily Mirror · Mar 6, 2022