Keir Starmer

While repeatedly lambasting Boris Johnson over the 'Partygate' scandal, Sir Keir has repeatedly insisted that no rules were broken during his trip to Durham ...

And he alleges Sir Ed Davey's party has returned the favour where Labour is dominant elsewhere. We will put a candidate up when there is a by-election, obviously after the Neil Parish resignation of yesterday.' 'We are the only two eyewitnesses that aren't trying to defend it,' one said. 'The further you get from Westminster, the more people are focused on the delivery issues. That really is not the case,' he said. 'It just makes you think, it's one rule for them, and one rule for us,' he said. They could not see if Sir Keir was among them. After watching for five minutes, the pair went back to their accommodation. Sir Keir said: 'We were asked twice and I didn't even realise we had made a mistake until it came out this week. 'I have never seen a work meeting with people sitting on tables, drinking San Miguel and standing around eating off plates,' one said. Appearing on television today he again denied any rules were broken. Appearing on television today he again denied any rules were broken.

The Labour leader admitted his office made a 'mistake' about Angela Rayner being there when he had a lockdown beer. But as new claims emerged about Ms ...

A Labour source said the party always chose carefully where to put money and resources in areas where there was little chance of winning. He insisted: “I’m not going to hug any previous Labour leader because I don’t believe you go backwards to go forward. “I’m recalling a statistic in the back of my mind. “Why aren’t they talking about the issue that matters - everybody knows people are worried about paying their bills. But sources hit back at the Mail’s original framing of the claim - that Ms Rayner was uncrossing her legs as a deliberate ploy. “I don’t think anybody would seriously say Keir Starmer ’s team would lie to the media about this.

A new poll shows Boris Johnson is trailing behind Keir Starmer as his party faces a week of local elections after months of Tory scandals.

Despite the concerning results for the Conservatives, Lord Ashcroft claims Mr Johnson and his party ‘has a path to survival’ due to three main reasons. But it’s not all bad news for Boris, with 55% of people approving of his handling of the Ukraine war and a much lower 25% thinking he’s done a bad job. His government is also being slammed for Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s response to the cost of living crisis, while a Tory MP has been forced to resign for watching porn in the House of Commons.

Tory chairman Oliver Dowden claimed Starmer was standing down candidates "in swathes of the country" where Lib Dem support is strong.

So this is affecting everyone.” We will put a candidate up when there is a by-election, obviously after the Neil Parish resignation of yesterday.” “There is no pact, everybody knows there is no pact.

Keir Starmer was preferred over the PM in areas including communicating, leading a team, formulating effective policies and judgment in a crisis.

More than half of voters would choose a Labour government led by Keir Starmer over a Tory government led by Boris Johnson, a major new poll has found. The poll comes just days before a raft of local elections take place. Over half of voters would choose Keir Starmer over Boris Johnson, new poll shows

Oliver Dowden wrote to Sir Keir asking why Labour is standing fewer candidates in the Local Elections in southern England than in 2018.

We will put a candidate up when there is a by-election, obviously after the Neil Parish resignation of yesterday." Sir Ed later told the BBC: "There isn't a pact, there is not going to be a pact. Sir Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat leader, also denied there is a pact, saying the claim by Oliver Dowden, the chairman of the Conservative Party, is "pretty desperate".

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We will put a candidate up when there is a by-election, obviously after the Neil Parish resignation of yesterday.” Sir Keir told Sky News: “Tony Blair won three elections and the Labour Party doesn’t win elections very often, so I think having the endorsement of Tony Blair is very important, very valuable and I think further demonstrates the amount of work we have done in the last two years, the change that we have made. Sir Ed later told the BBC: “There isn’t a pact, there is not going to be a pact.

The former Labour prime minister said Sir Keir had given the party a 'renewed sense of purpose and mission'

He told Sky News "Tony Blair won three elections and the Labour Party doesn't win elections very often, so I think having the endorsement of Tony Blair is very important, very valuable, and I think further demonstrates the amount of work we have done in the last two years, the change that we have made. He said that Sir Keir had given the party a “renewed sense of purpose and mission”. In a video on social media, Mr Blair listed what he viewed the successes of New Labour were, including the introduction of the minimum wage, lifting pensioners and children out of poverty and reduction in crime and NHS waiting times.

David Lammy says furore over event is 'depressing' and refuses to say if Labour leader should resign if he is found to have broken the law.

"We were asked twice and I didn't even realise we had made a mistake until it came out this week. Why are we even talking about this?" "Well, he hasn’t broken the law…

Keir Starmer was told tonight to provide evidence to back up his claims over Beergate as he insists he did not break Covid rules when he was caught on ...

But Sir Keir had previously said the hotel he was staying in wasn’t serving food. Just to put it in context this was about a few days before the May elections. The Labour Party was approached for comment. However after saying he needed to speak to a manager, his account later changed. That is the long and the short of it. The driver estimated there were ‘probably about 30 or so people’ inside – but he later U-turned on his story. ‘It was about four bags of stuff,’ he said. When the photo emerged in January, Sir Keir said: ‘I was in a constituency office just days before the election. Mr Holden also demanded that police interview two students who filmed the video of Sir Keir swigging beer. ‘They weren’t having a meeting. Why would they not provide evidence for this claim if it is true?’ Labour already has admitted they lied about Angela Rayner’s presence.

SIR Keir Starmer must do more to show voters he is not just an out of touch North London remainer and be more patriotic, his own supporters say.A damn.

SIR Keir Starmer must do more to show voters he is not just an out of touch North London remainer and be more patriotic, his own supporters say. Keir Starmer must show voters he’s not just an out of touch Remainer and be more patriotic, supporters warn

Former PM Sir Tony Blair has endorsed the party's current leader ahead of the local elections.

He said: “Tony Blair won three elections and the Labour Party doesn’t win elections very often, so I think having the endorsement of Tony Blair is very important, very valuable, and I think further demonstrates the amount of work we have done in the last two years, the change that we have made. “I spend my time talking to people who win because I want to win, I want to win because I want to change the lives of millions of people across the UK for the better.” Asked by Sky News if he feels he is closer to the leadership of Sir Tony or Jeremy Corbyn, Sir Keir repeated a claim he made ahead of his election as Labour chief that he would not have “the name of some previous Labour leader tattooed on my forehead”.

Sir Tony Blair lauded Sir Keir Starmer for his “strength, determination and intelligence” amid signs the Labour Party is re-embracing its most electorally ...

Written by political historian Anthony Broxton along with Labour in Communications, a network of party supporters in the media and PR industries, the study's ...

And though the media is a massive barrier, you can’t blame them either. “Over the next few years, Labour’s task is to turn that narrative into a powerful policy platform that meets the challenges of today rather than those of 25 years ago.” “You can’t blame the public for that.

LABOUR leader Keir Starmer says the Conservatives have “nothing to offer” in helping people with the cost of living.

He said: “It’s incredible that we are even talking about Worthing possibly becoming a Labour council, which would be a historic first. “We’ve gone through huge change in the last two years and we’ve moved from being an opposition to being the alternative, and what we’re fighting for in Worthing is evidence of the change we have brought about.” “People are crying out for a government that is in touch with their problems and they are seeing a government that is out of touch and out of ideas,” he said.

Sir Keir again faced questions about the event on a visit to Worthing today, as he continued Labour's campaigning ahead of Thursday's local elections.

Sir Keir Starmer again faced questions about the 'Beergate' event on a visit to Worthing today, as he continued Labour's campaigning ahead of Thursday's local elections Sir Keir today took a selfie with two runners on Worthing sea front as he campaigned in the town ahead of Thursday's local elections Sir Keir again faced questions about the event on a visit to Worthing today, as he continued Labour's campaigning ahead of Thursday's local elections. Asked today to give further clarification about what happened on the night in question, Sir Keir insisted he had 'nothing to add'. Sir Keir was filmed swigging a beer in a room with others at Durham Miners Hall at 10.04pm that Friday night. The Labour leader is facing calls to provide evidence to back up his claims that an event on 30 April last year was in line with Coronavirus restrictions at the time.

At the time Sir Keir Starmer was pictured drinking a beer with people in an office, people in England were banned from mixing indoors apart from for work.

Sir Keir said: "We were asked twice and I didn't even realise we had made a mistake until it came out this week. There is nothing I can add to that." Asked if the deputy leader was at the office, Sir Keir said: "Yes. We were in the office, we were working, we paused for something to eat, there was no party, no rules were broken and that is the long and short of it. It was days before the election. We paused for something to eat. Speaking on Sky News' Ridge on Sunday programme, the Labour leader said his party made a "genuine mistake" when it said Ms Rayner was not at a campaigning event in Durham that he was photographed at drinking a beer.

Speculation is mounting that Boris Johnson could go to the country this year to stop Tory MPs trying to remove him.

“What we’ve done in the last two years is to change the Labour Party profoundly. “I didn’t come into politics to be in opposition. We want the chance to make our case because Britain deserves better.”