Tag: Keir Starmer

• Friday, July 5th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  UKs Labour wins with a huge majority; Tories in disarray lose votes to Reform, Liberals and Greens

  

  U.K.’s Labour Party is on course to win a huge parliamentary majority in the country’s general election, putting an end to 14 years of Conservative governments. Labour is forecasted to have a majority of 166 seats in the House of Commons.

• Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 09:55 UTC

  What can be expected on 4 July, Labour landslide or Conservative cataclysm

  

  This Thursday's 4 general election in the United Kingdom could prove catastrophic for the Conservative Party and influence its future evolution. After 14 years in office, the Tories appear destined for what experts call the worst general election result in its 190-year history. The dimensions of this defeat would be such that, according to the polls, the current prime minister Rishi Sunak could even become the first head of government to lose his seat in the Commons.

• Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 - 07:00 UTC

  British political leaders admiration for the services on Armed Forces Day: promises of 2,5% GDP for defense by 2030

  

  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and head of the opposition, Sir Keir Starmer have joined other party leaders in marking UK Armed Forces Day by expressing their admiration for the three services.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 08:50 UTC

  Labour's Starner on tour to polish his international standing, hosted by Macron

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron hosted the leader of UK's opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, at Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday. The meeting comes as Starmer — increasingly confident that he can oust the ruling Conservatives and bring Labour back into government for the first time in well over a decade — has been making a number of appearances on the world stage.

• Friday, September 30th 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Ample commitment from Labour with Falkland Islands self determination

  

  The round of United Kingdom political parties conferences has commenced and this week at Liverpool was Labour week, with the Falkland Islands government presence larger than normal, to mark this year the 40th anniversary of the war and Liberation.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 19:06 UTC

  UK reports first Omicron death worlwide

  

  At least one person has been reported to have died in the United Kingdom of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which would be the first fatal case for the new, milder strain.

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 07:19 UTC

  Labour supported Brexit accord, “a thin deal better than a chaotic no-deal rupture”, Keir Starmer

  

  The House of Commons on Wednesday approved by an ample majority the EU/UK post Brexit deal, but this did not impede some lawmakers complain about being given only five hours in Parliament to scrutinize a deal that will mean profound changes for Britain’s economy and society.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Johnson: Coronavirus, a disaster for the UK; Labour leader Starmer: PM has been asleep on the wheel

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the coronavirus crisis had been a disaster for the United Kingdom and while the government would look at what went wrong, it was not the right time to have an inquiry into missteps.

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 08:27 UTC

  Labour leader sacks education spokeswoman on “anti Semitic” controversy

  

  The new leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, sacked his education spokeswoman Rebecca Long-Bailey on Thursday after she shared an article online which included a reference to what he called an “anti-Semitic conspiracy theory”.

• Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  PM Johnson for the first time in Parliament since 25 March, said lockdown ease to begin next week

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he could begin to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown next week, but warned he would do nothing that would risk a new surge of cases.