Keir Starmer: British PM fighting for his political future (opens in new tab)

Now he faces a likely leadership bid by popular party veteran Andy Burnham after the Greater Manchester mayor won a decisive by-election in the northwest. In his first speech as prime minister on July 5, 2024, Starmer promised a government of "service" that would "tread more lightly" on people's lives following 14 years of Conservative rule dominated by Brexit and infighting. He sought to make a virtue of his more measured approach, contrasting what he saw as his pragmatic managerialism with ...