Tag: Sir Keir Starmer

• Thursday, May 8th 2025 - 17:54 UTC

  US, UK reach trade deal marking Washington's openness to business

  

  President Donald Trump announced a new trade deal between the United States and Britain, which he described as the first major such agreement of his second term. The announcement, made from the Oval Office with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on speakerphone, highlighted the accord's benefits for both nations.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2025 - 07:02 UTC

  Canadian Liberals retain office with Trump’s annexation threat ‘help’; Carney congratulated by Sir Starmer

  

  Canadian Liberals led by PM Mark Carney, and with the help from Trump’s annexation threats, have retained office on Monday’s election, although a minority government, three short from a majority. Liberals managed 169 seats, Conservatives 144 out of a total 343 in the House of Commons.

• Friday, July 5th 2024 - 18:42 UTC

  Starmer goes through “kissing of the hands” and forms new UK gov't

  

  Sir Keir Starmer was sworn in Friday as the UK’s new prime minister in lieu of the Conservative Rishi Sunak who turned in his resignation following Thursday's appalling electoral defeat earning Labour at least 412 of the 650 seats in Parliament.

• Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 19:24 UTC

  Labour's landslide victory believed imminent

  

  Britain's Labour Party seemed poised to grab a decisive majority of around 270 MP posts in Thursday's snap elections as turnout surpassed even the most optimistic of expectations, it was reported from London.

• Friday, June 14th 2024 - 08:24 UTC

  Tories and Labour committed to defend Falklands' sovereignty and Self Determination

  

  Britain is holding a general election next July 4 with the Conservatives in office since 2019, but also with a string of Prime Ministers in five years and much division among its lines, including the newly formed Reform party, while the opposition is dominated mainly by Labour and leader Keir Starmer.

• Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 09:26 UTC

  Labour reshuffle, Angela Rayner 'leveling up secretary' and shadow deputy prime minister

  

  Reshuffle in UK Labour's Sir Keir Starmer shadow team, ahead of a general election expected for next year. Angela Rayner has been appointed shadow leveling up secretary, replacing Lisa Nandy, who is demoted to become the party's new shadow minister for international development.

• Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 08:13 UTC

  By elections in England could be anticipating Labour victory next year

  

  Three by-elections are taking place this Thursday in England with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s ruling Conservatives bracing for defeat in all three as Britain’s economic difficulties bite.

• Saturday, May 6th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  Labour landslide victory in council elections; Sir Keir, “we're on track to win next general election”

  

  Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says his party is on track to win the next general election after the Tories were hammered in local polls across England, reports BBC. The Tories have lost 48 councils and more than 1,000 councilors, exceeding their worst predictions.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 07:12 UTC

  More than half a million sign petition to have Sir Tony Blair's knighthood “rescinded”

  

  More than half a million people have signed a petition to have former UK prime minister Sir Tony Blair's knighthood “rescinded”. Sir Tony was appointed by the Queen a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior British Order of Chivalry.

• Monday, April 6th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  Centrist Sir Keir Starmer new Labour leader with more than 50% of the vote

  

  Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to lead Labour “into a new era with confidence and hope” after decisively winning the contest to succeed Jeremy Corbyn. The 57-year old defeated Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey in a ballot of party members and other supporters.