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Keir Starmer

Last month
April 2025
Netflix’s Adolescence made free to watch in UK schools, but no such plans for Ireland
March
March 2025
Jim O'Callaghan attends anti-people smuggling summit in UK as Starmer seeks to target 'vile trade'
Urgent UK probe launched after football fan finds confidential military papers lying on street
People in positions of power must 'break their silence' and appeal for Gaza ceasefire, Higgins says
Michelle O’Neill says Keir Starmer's 'devastating' benefit cuts are ‘callous and reprehensible’
Putin will have to 'come to table,' says Starmer as talks on Ukraine peacekeeping force begin
Katie McCabe, Oasis and 'Guinness diplomacy': Martin and Starmer open first Ireland-UK summit
Ireland is 'open to any invitation' to assist in peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine - Martin
Taoiseach Micheál Martin was asked if Ireland would support the UK and France’s peace coalition for Ukraine.
Taoiseach meeting Starmer in Liverpool ahead of first Ireland-UK summit this week.
Ireland will not take part in a 'deterrent force', but will support peacekeeping efforts.
Micheál Martin not seeking 'advice' from UK PM on Oval Office visit next week.
King Charles meets Zelenskyy following defence summit on Ukraine in London
The UK has signed a £1.6 billion deal to supply more than 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine using export finance.
UK and France working on deal for 'lasting peace' in Ukraine - Starmer
February
February 2025
UK media praise Starmer for pulling out ‘Trump card’ at yesterday’s White House meeting
'He tried': Trump softens tone as Starmer seeks to tie him down to Ukraine and tariff pledges
Another European leader found firm commitments from Trump hard to come by.
Starmer says Ukraine deal 'can't be a peace that rewards the aggressor' during Trump visit
UK increases defence spending to 'show strength' to Putin (and slashes aid budget to fund it)
UK's Health Minister sacked by Keir Starmer over 'badly misjudged' WhatsApp messages
January
January 2025
UK marks five years since Brexit as polling shows majority thinks leaving EU was a mistake
Elton John and Paul McCartney warn UK government's AI plan would 'threaten’ artist earnings
Debunked: Photo of Jimmy Saville with a child does not show a young Keir Starmer
Starmer says UK must tackle 'new and dangerous' threat of lone male terrorists
Why has controversy erupted about Gerry Adams possibly getting compensation for internment?
UK Treasury minister resigns after ethics investigation despite being cleared of wrongdoing
Just six months after the UK election, Labour's Chancellor and another minister are in trouble
UK parliament reject Tory bid to launch fresh grooming gang inquiry
Why has Elon Musk taken aim at both Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage over a UK sex abuse scandal?
Intervening in politics outside the United States and his native South Africa is not a new habit for Musk.
Musk has spent the last week or so levelling attacks against a number of British political figures.
Yesterday, Musk publicly withdrew support for the leader of the far-right Reform UK party, Nigel Farage.
Last year
2024
Three people die in Channel crossing attempt
UK Budget tax hikes may not be enough to undo '14 years of damage', says chancellor
Warnings of spending cuts and tax increases precede Labour Government's budget announcement
Cork man Morgan McSweeney is new Downing Street chief of staff after Sue Gray’s resignation
Sue Gray quits as Downing Street chief of staff amid ‘distraction’ fears
Starmer meets Trump in New York after calling for Gaza ceasefire in UN speech
Starmer not ruling out UK government helping to fund Casement Park rebuild
Keir Starmer insists he is ‘completely in control’ despite salary leak of top advisor Sue Gray
Italy's Meloni says controversial migration plan gets 'great interest' from Starmer and the UK
Biden and Starmer to discuss letting Ukraine use long-range arms against Russia
'WHO VOTED FOR ALL THIS?': British media responds to controversial winter fuel payments cut
Harris and Starmer say they're 'friends' looking for a stepchange in Anglo-Irish relations
Starmer's 'summer negotiations' around pet dog break down, with new kitten to join No 10 instead
Ireland and UK’s new Finance Ministers to meet in London today
Tory MP criticised by Jewish leaders after using Holocaust poem to attack smoking ban plan
Starmer: 'Painful' budget ahead for UK as Tory Govt borrowed and spent billions extra