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Keir Starmer: “We have had robust exchanges across this despatch box, but she has extended kindness to me privately at very difficult…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2026
We have had robust exchanges across this despatch box, but she has extended kindness to me privately at very difficult times, including when there was an attempt to burn down our family home, which deeply affected my family, she reached out to me.
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Keir Starmer
Labour Party

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Final PMQs appearance as leader.

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