Conference to analyse PM's first year in power

8 days ago

George King

BBC News, Cambridgeshire

The decisions of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Labour will be examined during a conference in Cambridge

Carl Court/PA Wire A head and shoulders shot of Sir Keir Starmer wearing a black suit jacket over a white shirt and tie. He is looking slightly off to his left. — The decisions of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Labour will be examined during a conference in Cambridge

Historians and experts will analyse the decisions and performance of the Labour government as part of an event focusing on Sir Keir Starmer's first year in power.

Starmer: Year One will take place at Anglia Ruskin University's Cambridge campus on Saturday, 14 June, hosted by the university's Labour History Research Unit.

The "first ever conference" to examine the new government's time in Downing Street will scrutinise how the party has so far handled a variety of issues.

Researchers will then use the public and political exercise as a base from which to develop an academic study on the government.

The event will be held for the public at Anglia Ruskin University's Cambridge campus

Brian Farmer/BBC The outside of Anglia Ruskin University's Cambridge campus. On the building a huge sign reads "We are University of the Year" while a sign in the foreground reads "a.r.u" and "Welcome to Cambridge" — The event will be held for the public at Anglia Ruskin University's Cambridge campus

Rohan McWilliam is a professor in modern British history at the university and the director of the Labour History Research Unit.

"This is a government that promised change in 2024 but its tone so far has proven to be one of caution," he said.

"Why is this, and what does it tell us about the challenges of governing in the mid-2020s?

"What is the new political landscape and how should the Starmer government seek to shape it":[]}