Boxes of Kleenex to the stage door, Norman. Sir Keir Starmer's final PMQs was a blubfest, a three-hanky affair, a display of guilty sentimentalism as bad as Macbeth's distress at the demise of Duncan.

Keir Starmer was cheered into the chamber for the weekly set-piece, and the Speaker praised 'his public service, his international leadership... his steadfast support for Ukraine'.

Keir Starmer is giving his swan song at PMQs after holding one final Cabinet meeting, with his Downing Street exit looming on Monday.

In an emotional session that saw many MPs in tears, as well as advisers in the public gallery, Mr Starmer bowed out with warm applause from both Labour MPs and some Liberal…

Keir Starmer managed a dignified and emotional departure today, and was helped along by an upbeat and relatively friendly Kemi Badenoch

In his final PMQs the prime minister offers Andy Burnham – and the England team – his full support

In the end, it turned out he ultimately just wasn't that interested in politics

In a rare moment in the Commons chamber, party rivalries were largely set aside for Keir Starmer ’s final appearance at the despatch box at Prime Minister's Questions

Boxes of Kleenex to the stage door, Norman. Sir Keir Starmer's final PMQs was a blubfest, a three-hanky affair, a display of guilty sentimentalism as bad as Macbeth's distress at…

The prime minister delivered a memorable closing act as the curtain fell on his last PMQs, marking the end of an era

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Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer received a standing ovation from Labour lawmakers after his final Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament on July 15, 2026. In an…

It wasn’t his performances on Wednesday lunchtimes that did for the ultimate mid-table PM – it was all the other stuff

Editorial: As his chancellor Rachel Reeves fought back tears, the prime minister bade farewell to a party he changed for the better and a country he served to the best of his…