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But this ambition must never become unmoored from working people's need for stability, for order, security. The Conservative Party can no longer claim to be conservative. It conserves nothing we value – not our rivers and seas, not our NHS or BBC, not our families, not our nation. We must understand there are precious things – in our way of life, in our environment, in our communities – that it is our responsibility to protect and preserve and to pass on to future generations. If that sounds conservative, then let me tell you: I don't care.|author=Keir Starmer<ref>{{cite web | url = https://inews.co.uk/news/keir-starmer-dont-care-labours-priorities-conservative-2338849 | date = 13 May 2023 | last = Duggan | first = Joe | title = 'I don't care' if Labour's priorities sound conservative, says Keir Starmer | work = [[The Independent]] | access-date = 17 June 2024 | archive-date = 15 May 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230515165512/https://inews.co.uk/news/keir-starmer-dont-care-labours-priorities-conservative-2338849 | url-status = live }}</ref>|title=|source=}}[[File:British_Labour_Party_leader_Keir_Starmer_meets_United_States_Secretary_of_State_Antony_Blinken_in_Munich,_Germany_on_February_17,_2024_(cropped).jpg|thumb|Starmer meets with United States Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]] at the [[Munich Security Conference]], February 2024]]Starmer has moved the Labour Party towards the [[Centrism|political centre]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Nicholas Cecil |title=Sir Keir Starmer to declare Labour is 'party of the centre-ground' once again |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-keynote-speech-labour-party-conference-liz-truss-tory-kwasi-kwarteng-b1028265.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010174607/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-keynote-speech-labour-party-conference-liz-truss-tory-kwasi-kwarteng-b1028265.html |archive-date=10 October 2022 |access-date=5 May 2023 |publisher=Evening Standard}}</ref> He pledged to end [[Antisemitism in the British Labour Party|antisemitism in the party]] during his acceptance speech, saying "Antisemitism has been a stain on our party. I have seen the grief that it's brought to so many Jewish communities. On behalf of the Labour Party, I am sorry. And I will tear out this poison by its roots and judge success by the return of Jewish members and those who felt that they could no longer support us".<ref>{{cite news |date=4 April 2020 |title=Labour leadership winner: Sir Keir Starmer |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51049756 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410022621/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51049756 |archive-date=10 April 2020 |access-date=16 July 2023 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=18 November 2020 |title=A guide to Labour Party anti-Semitism claims |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-45030552 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506111007/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-45030552 |archive-date=6 May 2023 |access-date=5 May 2023 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> In October 2020, following the release of the [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] (EHRC)'s report into antisemitism in the party, Starmer accepted its findings in full and apologised to Jews on behalf of the party.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Peter |date=29 October 2020 |title=Keir Starmer: EHRC antisemitism report is day of shame for Labour |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/oct/29/keir-starmer-ehrc-report-day-of-shame-labour-antisemitism |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029130958/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/oct/29/keir-starmer-ehrc-report-day-of-shame-labour-antisemitism |archive-date=29 October 2020 |access-date=29 October 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Syal |first=Rajeev |date=29 October 2020 |title=Antisemitism in Labour: what did the report find and what happens next |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/29/antisemitsim-in-labour-what-did-the-report-find-and-what-happens-next |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030074502/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/29/antisemitsim-in-labour-what-did-the-report-find-and-what-happens-next |archive-date=30 October 2020 |access-date=29 October 2020 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In February 2023, Starmer's antisemitism reforms resulted in the party no longer being monitored by the EHRC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Labour no longer being monitored by equalities watchdog after antisemitism reforms |url=https://news.sky.com/story/labour-no-longer-being-monitored-by-equalities-watchdog-after-antisemitism-reforms-12810866 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530085122/https://news.sky.com/story/labour-no-longer-being-monitored-by-equalities-watchdog-after-antisemitism-reforms-12810866 |archive-date=30 May 2023 |access-date=15 February 2023 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref> His supporters praised him for his antisemitism reforms and for helping to improve Labour's credibility with the electorate, while his critics characterise him as dishonest and factional for discarding many of the policies he pledged to uphold and aggressively marginalising the party's left, with many prominent members (including his predecessor Corbyn) being deprived of the whip or outright expelled under his leadership.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Alexandra |date=22 May 2024 |title=Sir Keir Starmer says election is 'moment country has been waiting for' as he declares 'it is time for change' |url=https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmer-says-election-is-moment-country-has-been-waiting-for-as-he-declares-it-is-time-for-change-13141389 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624084045/https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmer-says-election-is-moment-country-has-been-waiting-for-as-he-declares-it-is-time-for-change-13141389 |archive-date=24 June 2024 |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=[[Sky News]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{cite news |last1=Driver |first1=Tony |date=5 November 2022 |title=Keir Starmer accused of 'purging' Labour Left as Corbynite candidates blocked from standing to be MP |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/11/05/keir-starmer-accused-purging-labour-left-corbynite-candidates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428045621/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/11/05/keir-starmer-accused-purging-labour-left-corbynite-candidates/ |archive-date=28 April 2023 |access-date=28 April 2023 |website=Telegraph}}</ref>
In June 2024, Starmer pledged to reduce record high [[Modern immigration to the United Kingdom|legal immigration to the United Kingdom]]. Net migration to the UK was 685,000 in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Keir Starmer announces plans to lower legal migration |url=https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmer-announces-plans-to-lower-legal-migration-13146630 |work=Sky News |date=2 June 2024}}</ref>
On foreign policy, Starmer marched and authored legal opinions against the [[Iraq War]] following the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], stating in 2015 that he believed that the war was "[[Legality of the Iraq War|not lawful under international law]] because there was no UN resolution expressly authorising it."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Starmer |first=Keir |date=30 November 2015 |title=Airstrikes in Syria are lawful, but I'll be voting against them |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/30/syria-airstrikes-legal-david-cameron-civil-war-flawed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410171423/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/30/syria-airstrikes-legal-david-cameron-civil-war-flawed |archive-date=10 April 2020 |access-date=10 April 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="New Statesman2">{{cite news |date=31 March 2020 |title=Keir Starmer: The sensible radical |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/03/keir-starmer-sensible-radical |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405171214/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/03/keir-starmer-sensible-radical |archive-date=5 April 2020 |access-date= |work=[[New Statesman]]}}</ref> During the [[Israel–Hamas war]], Starmer received criticism over his initial refusal to call for a [[Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal|ceasefire in the Gaza Strip]] amid [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|the Israeli bombardment]]; he later called for a ceasefire.<ref>{{cite news |last=Francis |first=Sam |date=18 February 2024 |title=Sir Keir Starmer calls for Gaza 'ceasefire that lasts' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68331322 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218130639/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68331322 |archive-date=18 February 2024 |access-date=18 February 2024 |website=BBC News}}</ref> Starmer has pledged support for Ukraine during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], and told [[Volodomyr Zelenskyy]] that there would be no change in Britain's position on the war in Ukraine under his leadership.<ref>{{cite web |last=Honeycombe-Foster |first=Matt |date=16 February 2023 |title=UK's Keir Starmer vows 'unwavering' support in surprise Ukraine visit |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-keir-starmer-labour-party-unwavering-support-surprise-ukraine-visit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013023916/https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-keir-starmer-labour-party-unwavering-support-surprise-ukraine-visit/ |archive-date=13 October 2023 |access-date=13 September 2023 |website=[[Politico]]}}</ref>
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