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A year of Keir: the first 365 days of Starmer in power

  • Keir Starmer became Prime Minister after Labour won a landslide on July 4, 2024, securing 411 seats versus the Tories' 121.
  • He inherited a £22 billion fiscal black hole left by the Conservatives and faced high public impatience for change.
  • Starmer's government encountered challenges including backlash over welfare cuts, rising migration, and the need to tackle housing and NHS backlogs.
  • Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £40 billion tax rise funding £70 billion public spending, including £15 billion for transport and £2.1 billion for policing.
  • Despite international leadership on Ukraine and defense, Starmer's domestic record is mixed amid public disillusionment, party dissent, and polling declines.
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There will be no celebrations or acts of vindication. If I could choose, Keir Starmer would like this date to be erased as soon as possible from the political debate in the United Kingdom. One year after his electoral victory (last July 4th), the Prime Minister, and with him his entire government, had to strive to curb an internal rebellion by Labour Party deputies that would have left the rest of the legislature dead. Again, Downing Street has …

·Spain
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The election victory of 2024 was a great triumph for the Labour boss. However, Keir Starmer's own mistakes and right-wing populists make his own – and bring his party up against him.

·Berlin, Germany
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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Friday, June 27, 2025.
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