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| Labour leadership: Sir Keir Starmer enters race | Labour leadership: Sir Keir Starmer enters race |
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| Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed he is standing in the contest to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. | Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed he is standing in the contest to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. |
| The shadow Brexit secretary, seen as a frontrunner in the contest, has written in the Sunday Mirror that Labour needs to "rebuild fast" to restore trust. | The shadow Brexit secretary, seen as a frontrunner in the contest, has written in the Sunday Mirror that Labour needs to "rebuild fast" to restore trust. |
| It comes hours after MPs Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips said they were entering the race. | It comes hours after MPs Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips said they were entering the race. |
| The contest was called after Mr Corbyn announced he would stand down as leader after Labour's heavy election defeat. | The contest was called after Mr Corbyn announced he would stand down as leader after Labour's heavy election defeat. |
| Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis have also confirmed they are standing. | Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis have also confirmed they are standing. |
| Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, seen as another potential frontrunner, is also expected to officially join the contest. | |
| 'Rebuild and win' | 'Rebuild and win' |
| Declaring his candidacy in the Sunday Mirror, Sir Keir said Labour needed to listen to voters if it was to "restore trust" | |
| Sir Keir, who backed Remain in the EU referendum and was one of the leading figures in the party advocating for a new referendum, will kick off his leadership bid by visiting Brexit-backing Stevenage on Sunday. | Sir Keir, who backed Remain in the EU referendum and was one of the leading figures in the party advocating for a new referendum, will kick off his leadership bid by visiting Brexit-backing Stevenage on Sunday. |
| Some of Mr Corbyn's allies have blamed Sir Keir's Brexit stance for the party's disastrous election performance last month, where much of its traditional, Leave-backing, Northern strongholds fell to the Conservatives. | Some of Mr Corbyn's allies have blamed Sir Keir's Brexit stance for the party's disastrous election performance last month, where much of its traditional, Leave-backing, Northern strongholds fell to the Conservatives. |
| "We cannot bury our head in the sand: Labour must rebuild and fast. We have to restore trust in our party as a force for change and a force for good," he wrote in the paper. | |
| "The millions of people who needed change at the last election still need change. The moral fight against poverty, inequality and injustice must continue." | |
| However, Sir Keir said Labour could not "lose sight of our values or retreat from the radicalism of the past few years". | |
| Among other things, he said the party should push for a "Green New Deal" to fight climate change and make the case for a "radically transformed economy that empowers trade unions and communities that have been left behind". | |
| And he also called for a "human rights approach" to foreign policy and international relations, accusing ministers of "failing to hold an irresponsible US president to account" over the situation in Iran. | |
| Sir Keir's background | Sir Keir's background |
| The human rights lawyer, who was made Queen's Counsel in 2002, served as head of the Crown Prosecution Service and accepted a knighthood in 2014, and has struggled to shake-off perceptions of privilege. | The human rights lawyer, who was made Queen's Counsel in 2002, served as head of the Crown Prosecution Service and accepted a knighthood in 2014, and has struggled to shake-off perceptions of privilege. |
| The 57-year-old was named after Labour Party founder Keir Hardie and has emphasised his upbringing by a toolmaker father and nurse mother in London's Southwark when dismissing allegations he is too middle-class to speak to the party's historic heartlands. | The 57-year-old was named after Labour Party founder Keir Hardie and has emphasised his upbringing by a toolmaker father and nurse mother in London's Southwark when dismissing allegations he is too middle-class to speak to the party's historic heartlands. |
| His CV includes co-founding the renowned Doughty Street Chambers and advising the Policing Board to ensure the Police Service of Northern Ireland complied with human rights laws. | His CV includes co-founding the renowned Doughty Street Chambers and advising the Policing Board to ensure the Police Service of Northern Ireland complied with human rights laws. |
| He entered Parliament as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras in 2015. | He entered Parliament as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras in 2015. |
| A timetable for the leadership election - and any rule changes - is set to be decided by the party's ruling National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday. | |
| Under current rules, would-be candidates for both the leader and deputy leader roles must first be nominated by more than 20 MPs. | Under current rules, would-be candidates for both the leader and deputy leader roles must first be nominated by more than 20 MPs. |
| They must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions. | They must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions. |