Labour has the ear of small business – let’s prove we can deliver
Keir Starmer needs to give SMEs a strong offer on skills, business rates and net zero.
ByKeir Starmer
Keir Rodney Starmer is a Labour Party politician who became Prime Minister on 5 July 2024. He has been MP for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015 and leader of Labour since April 2020. Starmer, born in 1962, studied law at the University of Leeds and Oxford, then became a barrister specialising in human rights. In 2008 he was appointed director of public prosecutions, for a five-year term. Find news, comment, and analysis about him here.
The story behind Labour’s “Reagan Question”
Does Britain work better today than it did 13 years ago? Labour thinks its future lies in the answer.
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Keir Starmer defends Brexit at Davos
Has the former Remain hero has become Brexit’s biggest booster?
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Nicola Sturgeon is right on gender recognition
It’s nobody else’s business – especially not the state’s – what your gender is.
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PMQs: Keir Starmer leaves Rishi Sunak squirming over the NHS catastrophe
The Labour leader showed that he intends to exploit the state of the health service at every other opportunity.
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Will the gender reform battle boost support for Scottish independence?
Westminster’s veto has turned a debate over policy into one over Scotland’s power to govern itself.
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The politics forecast for 2023: A crisis in the Tory party and a Labour reshuffle
Predictions for the year ahead from the New Statesman’s deputy political editor.
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Why do so many Tories love Keir Starmer?
The Labour leader’s Tory fan club reflects his party’s shift to the centre – and the Conservatives’ dismal electoral prospects.
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Sadiq Khan’s Brexit intervention is a headache for Keir Starmer
The London mayor’s call for the UK to rejoin the single market and customs union puts him at odds with…
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More power for communities can’t just mean more power for councils
Keir Starmer’s Take Back Control Bill needs to truly empower citizens.
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Where is Keir Starmer’s book?
The Labour leader appears to be suffering from writer’s block.
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Angela Merkel’s failures serve as a warning to British leaders
The former German chancellor’s short-termism created an unsustainable economic model. Will the UK avoid the same trap?
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PMQs: Keir Starmer exploits Rishi Sunak’s NHS headache
The Prime Minister finally confirmed that he is registered with an NHS GP – but that’s not the end of…
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“We have an open goal”: how Labour plans to unlock the climate vote
A new party forum including leading MPs wants to build consensus and challenge the Tories’ rural dominance.
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Rishi Sunak is trying to split Labour with anti-strike legislation
But the balance of power has shifted towards the opposition.
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The left can’t shape Starmerism – it must resist it
Socialists cannot simply decide whether or not to pick a fight with the Labour leader – he has continually fought…
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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer still need to sell their visions to the public
Not being Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn is no longer enough for the two leaders.
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Labour reveals plan to make work worthwhile
The party would try to alleviate the UK’s workforce shortages by reforming sickness benefits.
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Can’t Keir Starmer offer a little hope in this bleak midwinter?
While the Tories say “try not to need an ambulance”, Labour says “don’t expect us to fix everything”.
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Keir Starmer quips that he fears bumping into Rishi Sunak on holiday
The Labour leader was in comedic form as he derided the Prime Minister for booking Labour’s venue for his New…
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