Keir Starmer ditches plans for autobiography and returns £18k advance

Labour leader to co-operate with biography instead

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (PA Wire)

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has abandoned plans to write an autobiography and will return a hefty advance to his publisher.

Sir Keir said last year that he had begun penning a book about his life and political vision during the Covid lockdowns.

A spokesman for Mr Starmer said the book “lays out his plans for a renewed Britain, and why he believes in the vital importance of putting integrity back into public life”.