Who is the man who led Labour to this landslide victory? Starmer, 61, was named after the Labour Party’s founder Keir Hardie. He is one of four children and grew up in a cash-strapped household.

He was named Keir after the first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party, J. Keir Hardie. Education Starmer attended the selective state Reigate Grammar School, which became a private school ...

The Labour Party was founded in 1900 and its first leader, Keir Hardie, said he believed that ... In the event of a Starmer government, empty primary school classrooms will be turned into ...

Keir Hardie. After passing the 11-plus exam, he got a place at Reigate Grammar School, which became a private school two years later, although existing pupils, like Starmer, had their fees paid by ...