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Keir Starmer

Arcs in the news about Keir Starmer from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 151 stories · 828 articles · earliest story we hold Mar 1, 2024

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Labour's 2024 landslide that made Keir Starmer prime minister

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Sunak announces UK elections for July 4, months earlier than expected · 45 articles, May 22Brexit champion Farage to run in UK election, further threatening Tory prospects · 25 articles, Jun 3Rishi Sunak's D-Day departure is just the latest in a long line of gaffes in UK election campaigns · 9 articles, Jun 7Who is Keir Starmer, the Labour leader favored to win Britain's July 4 election? · 6 articles, Jun 27Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls · 17 articles, Jul 2Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister after sweeping Labour election win · 79 articles, Jul 3Exit poll shows Keir Starmer on course for landslide UK election victory · 9 articles, Jul 4The Labour party’s position on Gaza appears to have cost it votes in the UK election · 7 articles, Jul 5
The Russia-Ukraine war: Western weapons and aid for Ukraine · Jan 3, 2024 – Sep 26, 2026The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks · Jan 10, 2024 – Sep 26, 2026

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Everything else24 stories in 2024 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Keir Starmer that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Nov 11Keir Starmer attends Paris Armistice ceremony, as UK and France forge closer links5 articles · 5 independent sources
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  2. Sep 16UK PM Starmer praises Italy's Meloni for reducing illegal migration6 articles · 5 independent sources
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  3. Sep 7UK and Irish leaders meet in Dublin as they try to reset relations after Brexit tensions8 articles · 8 independent sources
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  4. Aug 28UK's Starmer, Germany's Scholz seek to strengthen ties in post-Brexit reset10 articles · 5 independent sources
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  5. Jul 6UK's Starmer says Rwanda deportation plan 'dead and buried'5 articles · 5 independent sources
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  6. Jun 4– 5Sunak and Starmer clash in fiery first debate of UK general election8 articles · 7 independent sources
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Stories that name Keir Starmer

  1. Nov 6World Leaders React to Trump’s Election34 articles · 20 independent sources
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  2. Oct 23Trump campaign accuses UK’s Labour Party of election ‘interference’8 articles · 7 independent sources
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  3. Oct 12– 13Scotland's former leader Alex Salmond dies aged 69: party18 articles · 12 independent sources
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  4. Sep 4Timeline of events surrounding the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in West London that killed 7230 articles · 27 independent sources
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  5. Sep 2– 3UK says it's suspending some arms exports to Israel39 articles · 26 independent sources
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  6. Aug 13Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran rejects European leaders’ call to refrain from any retaliatory attacks8 articles · 8 independent sources
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  7. Aug 12Israel-Hamas war latest: Leaders of France, Germany and Britain endorse calls for cease-fire in Gaza12 articles · 10 independent sources
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  8. Aug 5UK prime minister convenes emergency meeting to end days of far-right violence across Britain14 articles · 9 independent sources
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  9. Aug 3– 8UK: Huge anti-racism protests follow violent unrest – DW14 articles · 10 independent sources
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  10. Aug 2UK police brace for more far-right protests as government warns of tough response9 articles · 9 independent sources
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