Keir Starmer's brother dies aged 60 after succumbing to cancer battle - PM leads tributes to 'wonderful man'
Sir Keir Starmer's Christmas message
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Sir Keir Starmer's brother, Nick, has died at the age of 60 on Boxing Day after suffering from cancer.
Starmer said in a statement: “My brother Nick was a wonderful man. He met all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour. We will miss him very much.
“I would like to thank all those who treated and took care of Nick. Their skill and compassion is very much appreciated.”
A spokesman for the Prime Minister said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Nick Starmer.
Sir Keir Starmer's brother, Nick, has died at the age of 60 PA“Nick, 60, died peacefully on the afternoon of December 26 after battling cancer.
“We ask for privacy for Nick’s wider family at this time.”
The PM was set to go on holiday with his family on Friday but it is understood he will now stay at home.
Starmer, who is a middle child, also has two sisters, Katy and Ana. Katy is the twin sister of Nick and Ana is the oldest sibling.
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Starmer said that Nick was a 'wonderful man'
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All four siblings grew up together and lived in a house with their parents in Oxted, Surrey.
In a recent biography, the PM spoke for the first time about his relationship with his brother.
“We were a family of six, so it didn’t feel lonely and I shared a room with him, but Nick didn’t have many friends and got called ‘thick’ or ‘stupid’ by other kids,” he said.
“Even now I try to avoid using words like that to describe anyone”, he said in Tom Baldwin’s Keir Starmer: The Biography.
The pair shared a bunk bed in a room, with “just enough space for a couple of small desks where we’d do our homework”.
The PM had spent his Christmas with his family at Chequers
KEIR STARMERThe PM was the best man at his brother's wedding and has recounted the story where he bought every sandwich in Tesco for the hastily arranged gathering in Nick's garden.
He remembered borrowing a car for the day so that Nick was not left “driving his bride from the church in his beaten-up minivan, which had all his clothes in the back”.
Speaking of his brother’s experience, he said: “The whole thing is so poignant... because Nick has had a really tough life. So that dream our mum and dad had for us hasn’t come true. There’s this real, deep sadness in me about that for my brother, and for them.”
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