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  • 1. Who is the Chancellor of the Exchequer that identified a £21.9 billion 'black hole'?
A) Jeremy Hunt
B) Rishi Sunak
C) Rachel Reeves
D) Keir Starmer
  • 2. On what date were winter fuel payments announced to be scrapped for some pensioners?
A) 14 October 2024
B) 10 September 2024
C) 29 July 2024
D) 30 October 2024
  • 3. How many pensioners were initially affected by the scrapping of winter fuel payments?
A) Around 9 million
B) Around 12 million
C) Around 5 million
D) Around 10 million
  • 4. By what margin did the government defeat the Conservative motion to block the winter fuel payment cuts?
A) 120
B) 50
C) 100
D) 200
  • 5. When did the government announce the U-turn to restore winter fuel payments?
A) 10 October 2024
B) 14 October 2024
C) 30 October 2024
D) 9 June 2025
  • 6. How many pensioners had their winter fuel payments restored after the government U-turn?
A) 11 million
B) 8 million
C) 10 million
D) 9 million
  • 7. What percentage increase in pay was agreed for public-sector workers in August 2024?
A) 5 to 7 per cent
B) 3 to 5 per cent
C) 2 to 4 per cent
D) 7 to 10 per cent
  • 8. When did the Employment Rights Bill become an Act of Parliament?
A) October 2024
B) December 2025
C) July 2024
D) June 2025
  • 9. Where was the inaugural International Investment Summit held?
A) Guildhall in London
B) Westminster Hall
C) House of Commons
D) Downing Street
  • 10. On what date was the October 2024 budget presented?
A) 10 October 2024
B) 14 October 2024
C) 30 October 2024
D) 29 July 2024
  • 11. What will be the new hourly National Minimum Wage after the increase?
A) £12.21
B) £13.00
C) £12.50
D) £11.50
  • 12. How much was the increase in the day-to-day health budget announced in the October budget?
A) £3.1 billion
B) £5 billion
C) £22.6 billion
D) £6.7 billion
  • 13. How much was allocated for hospital repairs and rebuilding in the October budget?
A) £5 billion
B) £1 billion
C) £3.1 billion
D) £22.6 billion
  • 14. How much capital investment is designated for education in the October budget?
A) £6.7 billion
B) £1.4 billion
C) £3.1 billion
D) £5 billion
  • 15. How many schools is the government planning to rebuild with the allocated capital investment?
A) Exactly 100
B) More than 500
C) Exactly 250
D) More than 1,000
  • 16. How much funding was allocated for a new nuclear power station at Sizewell C in the June 2025 Spending Review?
A) £14.2 billion
B) £5 billion
C) £15 billion
D) £39 billion
  • 17. What amount was allocated for transport projects outside London in the June 2025 Spending Review?
A) £14.2 billion
B) £39 billion
C) £6.7 billion
D) £15 billion
  • 18. What is the total allocation for social and affordable housing over a decade in the June 2025 review?
A) £5 billion
B) £14.2 billion
C) £15 billion
D) £39 billion
  • 19. Why did Starmer dismiss Peter Mandelson in September 2025?
A) He resigned from his post
B) His association with Jeffrey Epstein
C) He insulted the King
D) He failed security vetting
  • 20. What did Starmer claim Mandelson lied about during vetting?
A) His educational background
B) His long-term relationship with Epstein
C) His previous political affiliations
D) His financial records
  • 21. Who had to agree with the removal of Mandelson from the Privy Council?
A) The King
B) The Foreign Office
C) The US President
D) The House of Commons
  • 22. Who was Starmer's Chief of Staff that resigned on 8 February 2026?
A) Morgan McSweeney
B) Tim Allan
C) Peter Mandelson
D) Anas Sarwar
  • 23. Who called for Starmer to quit as Prime Minister following the resignations?
A) Peter Mandelson
B) Tim Allan
C) Anas Sarwar
D) Morgan McSweeney
  • 24. What did Starmer accuse the Foreign Office of doing regarding Mandelson's vetting?
A) Leaking information to the press
B) Forging vetting documents
C) Deliberately withholding information
D) Lying to the King
  • 25. What did the Foreign Office do regarding the recommendation of the vetting agency?
A) Passed it to Parliament
B) Followed it strictly
C) Asked for a review
D) Overruled it
  • 26. Why did Starmer face calls to resign in April 2026?
A) A formal vote of no confidence
B) The resignation of his entire cabinet
C) A decline in the economy
D) Allegations he misled Parliament
  • 27. What did Starmer claim was followed during the appointment of Mandelson?
A) A secret vetting procedure
B) The King's direct order
C) Full due process
D) Urgent emergency protocols
  • 28. When was it reported that Mandelson had failed security vetting?
A) April 2026
B) December 2024
C) September 2025
D) February 2026
  • 29. What is Keir Starmer's full name?
A) Keir Andrew Starmer
B) Keir Hardy Starmer
C) Keir Josephine Starmer
D) Keir Rodney Starmer
  • 30. In which city was Keir Starmer born?
A) Southwark
B) Surrey
C) Hurst Green
D) Oxted
  • 31. Where was Keir Starmer raised?
A) Oxted, Surrey
B) Reigate, Surrey
C) Southwark, London
D) Hurst Green, Kent
  • 32. What was Keir Starmer's mother's profession?
A) Journalist
B) Nurse
C) Toolmaker
D) Teacher
  • 33. What was Keir Starmer's father's profession?
A) Politician
B) Musician
C) Nurse
D) Toolmaker
  • 34. What condition did Keir Starmer's mother have?
A) Still's disease
B) Reigate syndrome
C) Atheism
D) Anglicanism
  • 35. Which church did Keir Starmer's mother attend?
A) Oxted Baptist Church
B) Reigate Cathedral
C) St John's Anglican Church
D) Southwark Parish Church
  • 36. What was the religious stance of Keir Starmer's father?
A) Anglican
B) Atheist
C) Catholic
D) Methodist
  • 37. Who was Keir Starmer purportedly named after?
A) Andrew Sullivan
B) Keir Hardie
C) Norman Cook
D) Rodney Starmer
  • 38. What school did Keir Starmer attend?
A) Reigate Grammar School
B) Hurst Green Grammar
C) Oxted Secondary School
D) Southwark Academy
  • 39. In what year did Reigate Grammar School become an independent fee-paying school?
A) 1978
B) 1980
C) 1976
D) 1962
  • 40. What subjects did Starmer study in the sixth form?
A) Mathematics, music, and chemistry
B) Mathematics, music, and physics
C) Music, English, and physics
D) Mathematics, history, and physics
  • 41. Which musician was a classmate of Keir Starmer?
A) Andrew Cooper
B) Norman Cook
C) Andrew Sullivan
D) Keir Hardie
  • 42. Which instrument did Starmer take lessons for with Norman Cook?
A) Cello
B) Violin
C) Piano
D) Guitar
  • 43. Who became a Conservative peer after attending school with Starmer?
A) Andrew Cooper
B) Keir Hardie
C) Norman Cook
D) Andrew Sullivan
  • 44. Which journalist was a classmate of Starmer?
A) Andrew Sullivan
B) Norman Cook
C) Andrew Cooper
D) Rodney Starmer
  • 45. What position did Keir Starmer hold from 2008 to 2013?
A) Shadow Brexit Secretary
B) Prime Minister
C) Member of Parliament
D) Director of Public Prosecutions
  • 46. At which university did Keir Starmer receive his Bachelor of Laws?
A) University of Cambridge
B) University of Leeds
C) University of Oxford
D) London School of Economics
  • 47. In what year did Keir Starmer become a Queen's Counsel?
A) 2008
B) 2015
C) 2002
D) 1985
  • 48. Who succeeded Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party?
A) Andy Burnham
B) Jeremy Corbyn
C) Tony Blair
D) Gordon Brown
  • 49. What was Starmer's specific role in the 2014 New Year Honours?
A) Knight Bachelor
B) Companion of Honour
C) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
D) Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • 50. What did Starmer's government launch after the 2024 nationwide riots?
A) Border Security Command
B) Great British Energy
C) Prison Reform Initiative
D) National Violent Disorder Programme
  • 51. What was the average net approval rating of Keir Starmer by November 2025?
A) -60%
B) -10%
C) -46%
D) -20%
  • 52. Which political party did Keir Starmer support as a teenager?
A) Labour Party Young Socialists
B) Liberal Democrats
C) Young Conservatives
D) Green Party
  • 53. What was a notable foreign policy action regarding Palestine?
A) Formally recognising the State of Palestine
B) Moving the embassy to Jerusalem
C) Invading Gaza
D) Cutting all diplomatic ties
  • 54. Which organisation was Starmer a human rights adviser to?
A) Northern Ireland Policing Board
B) The Metropolitan Police
C) The United Nations
D) The European Court of Human Rights
  • 55. What did Starmer's government establish regarding energy?
A) Great British Energy
B) Nuclear Power Authority
C) National Solar Grid
D) Global Energy Union
  • 56. What was Keir Starmer's primary area of legal specialization?
A) Maritime law
B) Intellectual property
C) Corporate law
D) Human rights
  • 57. Which organization did Starmer serve as a legal officer for until 1990?
A) Liberty
B) The Haldane Society
C) Crown Prosecution Service
D) The Northern Ireland Policing Board
  • 58. What major case did Starmer handle as Director of Public Prosecutions?
A) McLibel case
B) Fairford Five trial
C) Stephen Lawrence murder case
D) Lee Clegg appeal
  • 59. In what year did Starmer become a bencher at the Middle Temple?
A) 1996
B) 1987
C) 2002
D) 2009
  • 60. Who did Starmer meet during his 1996 delegation to Cape Town?
A) Nelson Mandela
B) Lee Clegg
C) Helen Steel
D) Vyacheslav Lebedev
  • 61. What was Starmer's role within the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers between 1988 and 1992?
A) Executive committee member
B) President
C) Treasurer
D) Secretary
  • 62. Where did Starmer defend convicts sentenced to the death penalty?
A) Northern Ireland
B) South Africa
C) The Soviet Union
D) Several Caribbean countries
  • 63. Which case involved Starmer representing clients before the European Court of Human Rights?
A) The Fairford Five case
B) The Lee Clegg appeal
C) The McLibel case
D) The Stephen Lawrence case
  • 64. What group did Starmer join in 1990 to work on human rights matters?
A) Liberty
B) The Haldane Society
C) Crown Prosecution Service
D) Doughty Street Chambers
  • 65. Who did Starmer meet in the Soviet Union in 1991?
A) Nelson Mandela
B) Lee Clegg
C) Vyacheslav Lebedev
D) Stephen Lawrence
  • 66. Which country did Starmer represent at the genocide hearings at The Hague in 2014?
A) The United Kingdom
B) Northern Ireland
C) Croatia
D) Serbia
  • 67. Who did Starmer succeed as Director of Public Prosecutions in 2008?
A) Alison Saunders
B) Baroness Scotland
C) Ken Macdonald
D) Theresa May
  • 68. What technological change did Starmer introduce to the CPS in 2011?
A) Online prosecution portal
B) Automated sentencing system
C) First test paperless hearing
D) Digital evidence tracking
  • 69. Whose extradition to the US did Eric Holder seek, which Starmer reportedly supported?
A) Stephen Lawrence
B) Gary McKinnon
C) Chris Huhne
D) Paul Chambers
  • 70. Who eventually blocked the extradition of Gary McKinnon?
A) Baroness Scotland
B) Keir Starmer
C) Theresa May
D) Eric Holder
  • 71. What was the reason for the prosecution of three Labour MPs and a Conservative peer in 2010?
A) Hacking military databases
B) Perverting the course of justice
C) False accounting
D) Sexual abuse
  • 72. Which politician did Starmer announce would be prosecuted for perverting the course of justice in 2012?
A) Nick Cohen
B) Ken Macdonald
C) Chris Huhne
D) Paul Chambers
  • 73. What was the name of the operation related to the sexual abuse investigations announced by Starmer in 2013?
A) Operation Transparency
B) Operation Yewtree
C) Operation Reform
D) Operation Justice
  • 74. Who succeeded Starmer as Director of Public Prosecutions in 2013?
A) Theresa May
B) Alison Saunders
C) Ken Macdonald
D) Baroness Scotland
  • 75. Who was Keir Starmer's predecessor as the Member of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras?
A) Jeremy Corbyn
B) Ed Miliband
C) Frank Dobson
D) Gordon Brown
  • 76. What was Starmer's majority when he was first elected in 2015?
A) 30,509
B) 27,763
C) 17,048
D) 18,884
  • 77. What was Starmer's first position in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet?
A) Shadow Chancellor
B) Shadow Foreign Secretary
C) Shadow Home Office Minister
D) Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
  • 78. On what date did Starmer announce his candidacy for the 2020 Labour leadership election?
A) 4 January 2020
B) 13 December 2019
C) 4 April 2020
D) 15 November 2023
  • 79. What was the name of the controversy involving Starmer breaching COVID-19 regulations while campaigning?
A) Expenses scandal
B) Cash for Honours
C) Partygate
D) Beergate
  • 80. Which report led Starmer to apologise to Jews on behalf of the Labour Party?
A) EHRC report into antisemitism
B) The Leveson Inquiry
C) The Butler Review
D) The Chilcot Report
  • 81. How many Labour MPs defied a three-line whip to vote for an immediate Gaza ceasefire in November 2023?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 100
D) 56
  • 82. How many times did Starmer reshuffle his shadow cabinet?
A) Two times
B) Four times
C) Five times
D) Three times
  • 83. Who did Rachel Reeves replace as Shadow Chancellor?
A) Anneliese Dodds
B) Andy McDonald
C) Nick Brown
D) Lisa Nandy
  • 84. After which local elections did Starmer consider resigning?
A) 2021 local elections
B) 2022 local elections
C) 2024 local elections
D) 2023 local elections
  • 85. In which year did Labour become the largest party in local government for the first time since 2002?
A) 2022
B) 2021
C) 2024
D) 2023
  • 86. Who announced that the 2024 general election would be held on 4 July?
A) Rishi Sunak
B) Nick Brown
C) Alan Campbell
D) Keir Starmer
  • 87. What is the title of the Labour Party's 2024 manifesto?
A) National Renewal
B) Change
C) Clean Energy
D) The Future
  • 88. How many seats did Labour win in the 2024 general election?
A) 300
B) 411
C) 450
D) 350
  • 89. How did commentators characterize the 2024 landslide victory?
A) A historic mandate
B) A popular revolution
C) A sudden shift
D) A loveless landslide
  • 90. For the first time since which year did Labour become the largest party in England following the 2024 election?
A) 2001
B) 2010
C) 1997
D) 2005
  • 91. Who was the last Labour prime minister before Starmer to win a general election?
A) Alec Douglas-Home
B) Tony Blair
C) Gordon Brown
D) Rishi Sunak
  • 92. Who was the last Labour prime minister before Starmer to serve in office?
A) Tony Blair
B) Rishi Sunak
C) Gordon Brown
D) Alec Douglas-Home
  • 93. Starmer was the first prime minister to enter office with a knighthood since which individual?
A) Rishi Sunak
B) Gordon Brown
C) Tony Blair
D) Alec Douglas-Home
  • 94. What did Starmer declare 'dead' as one of his first acts in office?
A) The Border Security Command
B) The Cabinet reshuffle
C) The Council of the Nations and Regions
D) The Rwanda asylum plan
  • 95. Which scientist was appointed as Minister of State for Science?
A) James Timpson
B) Patrick Vallance
C) David Lammy
D) Richard Hermer
  • 96. Who was appointed as the Attorney General for England and Wales?
A) James Timpson
B) Patrick Vallance
C) Richard Hermer
D) Hilary Benn
  • 97. What was the reason for Angela Rayner's resignation in September 2025?
A) An argument with the King
B) A tax scandal
C) A disagreement over the Rwanda plan
D) A failure in the border security plan
  • 98. Who was the deputy prime minister that resigned in September 2025?
A) Angela Rayner
B) Jacqui Smith
C) Yvette Cooper
D) Douglas Alexander
  • 99. Which of these politicians was NOT listed as a minister from the New Labour era in Starmer's cabinet?
A) Hilary Benn
B) Yvette Cooper
C) James Timpson
D) Ed Miliband
  • 100. Which world leader was mentioned as congratulating Starmer upon his appointment?
A) Emmanuel Macron
B) Joe Biden
C) Vladimir Putin
D) Olaf Scholz
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