View image in fullscreenStarmer and his wife, Victoria, arrive in Downing Street after Labour’s landslide general election victory on 5 July, 2024Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenStarmer ascends the stairs of No 10, amid the stares of framed former prime ministers Photograph: Simon Dawson/Downing StShareView image in fullscreenStarmer talks to journalists as he travels to Washington to attend a Nato summit on his fourth day as prime ministerPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAShareView image in fullscreenThe former US president Joe Biden shares a joke with Starmer, alongside the then Nato secretary general, Jens StoltenbergPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/APShareView image in fullscreenStarmer chats with Prince William prior to the Euro 2024 final between Spain and England in BerlinPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/The GuardianShareView image in fullscreenStarmer deep in conversation with Emmanuel Macron, the French president, during a bilateral meeting of the European Political Community at the Blenheim Palace on 18 July 2024Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, addresses the newly appointed Labour cabinet in Downing Street on 19 July 2024Photograph: Richard Pohle/Pool/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenStarmer braves the wet weather to attend the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in ParisPhotograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenStarmer arrives to lay flowers at the scene of the murder of three young girls in Southport, Merseyside. The horrific attack sparked a summer of discontent in towns across the UKPhotograph: Adam Vaughan/EPAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer addresses the TUC conference in September 2024, when he became the first prime minister to address the union for 15 years. Starmer reaffirmed his commitment to ‘the biggest levelling up of workers’ rights in a generation’Photograph: Carlos Jasso/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenStarmer fields questions from political journalists before boarding a flight back from RomePhotograph: Harry Borden/The GuardianShareView image in fullscreenStarmer meets the director general of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on 9 December 2024Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer serves lunch to British servicemen in the canteen of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on 10 December 2024Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APShareView image in fullscreenStarmer and his wife, Victoria, visit the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz ahead of talks on a new European defence and security agreement, January 2025Photograph: Aleksandra Szmigiel/PAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer stands in front of a damaged building in Kyiv before talks with the Ukrainian president on 16 January 2025Photograph: Carl Court/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenStarmer with the UK’s ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, during his first visit to Washington after Donald Trump returned to the White HousePhotograph: Carl Court/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenStarmer in discussion with Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a summit at Lancaster House, London, on 2 March 2025Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenStarmer meets the drag queen Blu Hydrangea during a St Patrick’s Day reception at Downing Street on 19 March 2025Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APShareView image in fullscreenStarmer serves tea and cake at a street party held outside No 10 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE DayPhotograph: Peter Nicholls/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenStarmer leaves No 10 with his chief of staff, Morgan McSweeneyPhotograph: Thomas Krych/Story Picture Agency/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenStarmer visits Downs primary school in Harlow as he outlines government plans to extend free school meals to 500,000 children on 5 June 2025Photograph: Isabel Infante/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenStarmer picks up papers from the UK-US trade deal that were dropped by the US president, Donald Trump, before speaking to the media at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, in June 2025Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer enjoys a beer with the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, at the Royal Oak pub, Ottawa, before the G7 leaders’ summitPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer meets the England women’s football team during a visit to St George’s Park as he sets out plans to give every child across the country equal access to high-quality PE lessonsPhotograph: Chris Furlong/PAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy drink tea in the Downing Street garden as they meet for more talks to end the war in Ukraine on 14 August 2025Photograph: Ben Stansall/PAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer pushes the wheelchair of veteran Ron Gumley after a service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas to mark the 80th anniversary of VJ DayPhotograph: Aaron Chown/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenDonald Trump and Starmer announce a technology prosperity deal between the US and the UKPhotograph: Leon Neal/APShareView image in fullscreenThe US first lady, Melania Trump, Donald Trump, Starmer and his wife, Victoria, watch a Red Devils air display at Chequers on 18 September 2025Photograph: Andy Rain/EPAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer visits a Premier League youth training facility during a visit to Mumbai in October 2025Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenStarmer greets a boy as he visits Peacehaven mosque in East SussexPhotograph: Peter Nicholls/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenStarmer joins the health secretary, Wes Streeting, and chancellor, Rachel Reeves, as they pose for a picture with staff at University College London hospital in November 2025Photograph: Adrian Dennis/PAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg for her BBC current affairs programme, January 2026Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PAShareView image in fullscreenStarmer holds five-month-old Lilah Taylor during a visit to a family hub at St Mary’s church hall in Goldington, Bedfordshire, Jan 2026Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenStarmer with former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham meet with school children at a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne, April 2026Photograph: Paul Ellis/APShareView image in fullscreenStarmer campaigns ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election at Rushford Park sports complex in Manchester, February 2026Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenBritain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz attend a phone call with US President after their meeting in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, May 2026Photograph: Ukranian Foreign Ministry/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenLabour leader Keir Starmer making a major speech in a bid to secure his premiership, following the devastating losses the Labour Party suffered in May’s local elections, May 2026Photograph: Carl Court/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenKeir Starmer announcing his plans for children’s wellbeing online 10 Downing Street in June 2026Photograph: Lauren Hurley/No 10 Downing StreetShareView image in fullscreenKeir Starmer, prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 2024 to 2026Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The GuardianShare
