Unlike many politicians, Sir Keir Starmer was not born into a life of privilege.

Starmer was born in Southwark. His father, Rodney Starmer, was a toolmaker, and his mother was a nurse.

The lawyer-turned-politician studied at Leeds University and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

He gained his knighthood in 2014 for his services to ‘law and criminal justice’, and assumed the role of Labour Party Leader in April 2020.

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