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    Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. He has been Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.
    BornKeir Rodney Starmer · 2 September 1962 · Southwark, London, England
    Political partyLabour
    SpouseVictoria Alexander (m. 2007)
    Children2
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    Britain’s Starmer seeks strong ties with both the EU and Donald Trump. That could be tricky
    Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels, becoming the first British prime minster to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting since the U.K. left the bloc five years ago.
    Early life and education

    Keir Rodney Starmer was born on 2 September 1962, at Southwark in south east London, and grew up in the town of Oxted, Surrey. He was the second of the four children of Josephine (née Baker), a nurse, and Rodne… See more

    Legal career

    Starmer became a barrister in 1987 at the Middle Temple, then a bencher in 2009. He served as a legal officer for the campaign group Liberty until 1990. Starmer was a member of Doughty Street Chambers from 1990 onwa… See more

    Early political career

    My predecessor, the Right Hon. Frank Dobson, to whom I pay tribute, was a powerful advocate of the rights of everyone in Holborn and St Pancras throughout his highly distinguished parliamentary career. Widely res… See more

    Leader of the Opposition

    Having become Leader of the Opposition during the COVID-19 pandemic, Starmer said in his acceptance speech that he would refrain from "scoring party political points" and would work with the Governme… See more

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