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Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer is the current UK prime minister and Labour Party leader. Starmer succeeded center-right rival Rishi Sunak in July 2024, ending 14 years of rule by the Conservative Party

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A view of Joe Biden and Olaf Scholz (both L) shaking hands next to reporters

Biden meets allies in Berlin

Joe Biden has made his likely last visit to Berlin as US president, meeting the leaders of Germany, Britain and France.
PoliticsOctober 18, 202402:06 min
Person holding Eli Lilly weight loss injection pen

UK plans weight loss drug trials to get people back to work

The UK plans to test US firm Eli Lilly's weight-loss jab Mounjaro to help relieve the burden on the health care system.
HealthOctober 15, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels

UK's Keir Starmer in Brussels to 'make Brexit work'

The British prime minister has said he aims to "reset" ties with the European Union.
PoliticsOctober 2, 2024
.S. President Joe Biden meets with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House in Washington.

US, UK leaders discuss weapons for Ukraine

The UK has signaled that it wants to let Ukraine use its "Storm Shadow" missiles, but wants permission from the US.
ConflictsSeptember 14, 202402:26 min
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting meet patients and staff at Bassetlaw Hospital in Nottinghamshire

Keir Starmer says UK's NHS needs to 'reform or die'

The warning follows an independent investigation showing the National Health Service to be "in serious trouble."
HealthSeptember 12, 2024
Simon Harris and Keir Starmer shake hands

UK and Ireland seek to 'reset' relations after Starmer visit

British-Irish relations took a hit over Brexit. Now, the two countries' leaders hope to "reset" relations.
PoliticsSeptember 7, 2024
Memorials for the dead of the Grenfell Tower fire tied to a fence

Grenfell Tower inquiry finds all 72 deaths were 'avoidable'

Inquiry finds systemic failings, greed and incompetence led to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire which killed 72 residents.
CatastropheSeptember 4, 202402:25 min
Tower block fire in London. Smoke billows from a fire that has engulfed the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in west London.

UK: Grenfell Tower fire the upshot of 'decades of failure'

The overnight 2017 fire at a social housing high-rise apartment block in London killed 72 people.
PoliticsSeptember 4, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, welcomes Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin

Visiting Berlin, UK's Starmer vows relations 'reset' with EU

The UK's Labour government is also seeking to strengthen ties with Germany, including a new security and defense treaty.
PoliticsAugust 28, 2024
Young engineers at a construction site wearing hardhats discussing over a blueprint

UK looks to overcome damaging skills 'deficit'

A shortage of skilled labor is a problem in many developed nations, but it has become particularly acute in England.
BusinessAugust 10, 2024
Counter protestors gather in Liverpool on August 7

UK: Huge anti-racism protests 'defeat' violent unrest

Counter-protesters with welcoming messages outnumbered anti-immigrant protesters in Wednesday rallies.
PoliticsAugust 8, 2024
UK Rotherham | Ausschreitungen nach Messerangriff auf Kinder in Southport

Britain's Starmer condemns 'far right thuggery' as violence flares

After a weekend of violence against asylum seekers in the UK, Starmer has vowed to bring far-right rioters to justice.
PoliticsAugust 5, 202402:21 min
DW Podcast | Inside Europe

Inside Europe 11 July 2024

NATO says Ukraine’s path to membership is irreversible - Uncertainty in France after Sunday’s shock setback for the far-right - What does the UK’s new prime minister really stand for? - Viktor Orban’s rogue peace mission - And a special focus on the cut flower industry
PoliticsJuly 11, 202454:59 min
Newly-elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds his first cabinet meeting after winning office, in London, UK, on July 6, 2024

UK's Starmer says Rwanda deportation plan 'dead and buried'

New British PM Keir Starmer said he is scrapping a scheme to deport asylum seekers to the central African country.
PoliticsJuly 6, 2024
A view of Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer kissing his wife Victoria during a victory rally

New UK PM Starmer enters 10 Downing Street

The new British prime minister comes to power after his centre-left Labour party won a landslide victory.
PoliticsJuly 5, 202402:39 min
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech at Number 10 Downing Street

Labour Party wins by a landslide in British elections

Keir Starmer is the UK's new prime minister after Labour won 410 of 650 seats in the House of Commons.
PoliticsJuly 5, 202402:58 min
Ed Davey seen against a blue sky, mid bungee jump

UK politicians go all out in quest for the vote

DW looks back at the lengths Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and other candidates went to in an effort to excite voters.
PoliticsJuly 4, 202410 images
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer talks to a television crew outside the BBC Headquarters

UK election: Who is Labour Party leader Keir Starmer?

The opposition Labour Party is the overwhelming favorite to win, ending 14 years of Conservative rule.
PoliticsJuly 4, 202402:34 min
A British Immigration Enforcement officer (L) and an Interforce security officer (2L), escort migrants, picked up at sea by an Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat whilst they were attempting to cross the English Channel

UK election: Migration on voters' minds

Both major parties in the UK have campaigned on curbing mass migration — but businesses hope they won't follow through.
BusinessJuly 4, 202402:27 min
Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks on the campaign trail

Will UK Labour leader Keir Starmer realign with EU?

Labour leader Keir Starmer looks set to become the UK's next prime minister. How, if at all, will this affect the EU?
PoliticsJuly 4, 2024
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak collects bags of food at a McDonalds branch

UK election: Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer wrap up campaigns

Is Britain headed for a Labour election landslide, ending 14 years of a Conservative government?
PoliticsJuly 4, 202410:01 min
Keir Starmer stands with voters holding Labour signs

UK election: Labour appears set for big victory

All polls point to deep dissatisfaction with the current Conservative government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
PoliticsJuly 3, 202403:04 min
To the Point | Totale Englisch

In broken Britain, a new start with Labour?

Four years after Brexit and shortly before elections, what's the state of the British economy?
PoliticsJune 27, 202426:04 min
Kier Starmer at the BBC in London

French President Macron hosts UK opposition leader Starmer

UK opposition leader Keir Starmer is in Paris a day ahead of King Charle's delayed state visit to France.
PoliticsSeptember 19, 2023
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Boris Johnson

UK leaders pay tribute to slain lawmaker

David Amess was stabbed to death while holding meetings in his constituency east of London on Friday.
TerrorismOctober 16, 2021
Signage outside a polling station in central Westminster, London.

UK votes in array of elections, including key Scotland vote

Voters across Britain have cast ballots in various polls — with Scotland of paramount interest
PoliticsMay 6, 2021
Britain's shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Keir Starmer

Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer wins UK Labour leadership

The center-left leader will now have to deal head-on with the coronavirus pandemic.
PoliticsApril 4, 2020
An anti-Semitism demonstration in London

Can Labour move past its anti-Semitism scandal?

There are hopes of reconciliation with the UK's Jewish community under a new Labour leader.
PoliticsApril 3, 2020
Boris Johnson starting his campaign, London, United Kingdom

Boris Johnson emerges from hiding to promise timely Brexit

The former foreign secretary has said further delays to Brexit would mean a Tory defeat at the next election.
PoliticsJune 12, 2019
A show of hands at the Labour Party Conference

Labour votes for option of second Brexit referendum

Opinions differed on whether to conduct a second Brexit referendum when delegates voted at their annual conference.
PoliticsSeptember 25, 2018
British flags in front of the now-silent Big Ben

UK Labour marks major shift on EU exit

Britain's Labour Party backs staying in the EU single market and customs union during a post-Brexit "transition period."
PoliticsAugust 27, 2017