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Keir Starmer says he has argued that he had “inherited a lot of problems” from the previous government.

Two million Brits already want another election. Even the PM says he’s not surprised

Keir Starmer, who won July’s general election in a landslide, has suffered the biggest fall in approval ratings of any prime minister in the modern era.

  • Rob Harris

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

‘Frockgate’: Keir Starmer’s love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon

The PM had hoped for a quiet summer after his election triumph. The calm is being disturbed by the controversy about him accepting gifts worth tens of thousands of pounds.

  • Rob Harris
Keir Starmer and Anthony Albanese chat during the Australian prime minister’s visit to London in May 2023.

How Anthony Albanese helped Keir Starmer win his way to Downing Street

Political gurus worldwide often look to the US to live out a West Wing-style fantasy, but UK watchers say it is Australia that really sets the tone in Westminster.

  • Rob Harris

Ditching Boris sowed seeds of shambolic Tory defeat

Everything went downhill for the UK Conservatives after the political assassination of Boris Johnson two years ago. It was a spectacular act of political self-harm.

  • George Brandis
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer waves to party workers and supporters during a post-election rally at the Tate Modern in London.

King Charles asks Starmer to form government after Labour election landslide

Rishi Sunak has stood down as leader of the Conservatives after Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party swept to power, all but wiping out the ruling Tories.

  • Rob Harris
Keir Starmer - the new man in town.

Understanding the world and our place in it

Our foreign correspondents face innumerable challenges in their quest to help us make sense of the world, but in strange times like these, their reporting is something we certainly need.

  • Patrick Elligett
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Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak and the exit poll results.

UK election 2024 as it happened: Rishi Sunak concedes defeat to Keir Starmer; Labour to form majority government

The polls have closed in the UK and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is poised to take power, sweeping away Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives after 14 years.

  • Rob Harris, Jessica McSweeney, Nick Ralston and Angus Thomson

When I met Starmer, he’d have won my ‘least likely PM’ vote. Look at him now

He’s cautious, a bit bland and with no big vision, but he’s ousted the crooked Conservatives in this chaos-weary country.

  • Kathy Lette
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi calls an election as heavy rain falls.

So long UK Conservatives, and thanks for all the memes

The tumultuous Thatcher years were memorialised in song and literature, but this current generation of Tories are probably best forgotten.

  • Rob Harris
Labour leader Keir Starmer during a visit to a boxing club in East Yorkshire in 2021,

Three years ago Keir Starmer considered quitting politics. Now he’s Britain’s PM

The Labour Party has swept to power, ousting the Tories after 14 years. But Starmer will have a lot of work getting voters to believe in his leadership.

  • Rob Harris

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