Sir Keir Starmer pays tribute to brother Nick after demise aged 60

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to his youthful brother Nick, who had most cancers, after he died on Boxing Day on the age of 60.

“My brother Nick was an exquisite man,” Starmer stated in a press release.

“He met all of the challenges life threw at him with braveness and good humour. We’ll miss him very a lot.”

It’s understood Starmer had been planning to go on vacation however will now keep behind.

“I want to thank all those that handled and took care of Nick,” Starmer added.

“Their talent and compassion could be very a lot appreciated.”

Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch expressed her condolences to the Labour chief.

“That is such terrible information. Significantly devastating at Christmas time,” she wrote on X.

Nick Starmer had studying disabilities from issues throughout delivery and struggled to carry down a gradual job.

In a biography of the prime minister revealed this 12 months, Keir Starmer opened up about his relationship along with his brother and the difficulties he confronted throughout his childhood.

“I am unsure he even sat exams, so he had nothing to indicate for popping out of schooling,” Starmer instructed writer Tom Baldwin. He stated his brother was bullied and was typically referred to as “thick” or “silly” at college.

“Nick was dealt a really completely different set of playing cards to me and he is had issues all his life – issues I’ve by no means needed to face,” Starmer stated.

In his speech to the Labour Get together convention in September, he stated their father had typically instructed him that “your brother has achieved simply as a lot as you, Keir”.