Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has paid tribute to his younger brother Nick, who died on Boxing Day aged 60 after a battle with cancer. Nick faced numerous health challenges and learning difficulties throughout his life, but Sir Keir described him as a 'wonderful man' who met every challenge with courage and good humour.
Keir Starmer is typically private about his family, particularly his younger brother Nick, who died on Boxing Day aged 60. But the Prime Minister clearly held a candle to a sibling, who 'had a really tough life' and was beset by health problems and learning difficulties . Sir Keir today paid tribute to 'a wonderful man', who was suffering from cancer.
The politician said Nick 'met all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour', and said he and his family would 'miss him very much'. While the Labour leader rarely spoke publicly about Nick, he did reveal the closeness of their relationship when he granted access to journalist Tom Baldwin for Keir Starmer: The Biography, published in February this year. In it, Sir Keir describes how he was best man for Nick, and stood up for him after enduring bullying throughout his life. Nick suffered complications at birth, and was subsequently told he would never be able to read - though he later learned thanks to help from his mother, Jo. While young Keir was considered something of a star pupil, Nick was granted only 'remedial' education with lessons in a village hall and took no exams. But he later achieved a technical qualification, and was able to get a job as a labourer working on scrap cars and at a scaffolding firm. Nick Starmer, the brother of Sir Keir Starmer, died on Boxing Day aged 60 after suffering from cancer. The Prime Minister paid tribute to his 'wonderful' younger sibling Sir Keir said in the biography: 'Nick was dealt a very different set of cards to me and he's had problems all his life — problems I've never had to face. 'I admire him, not in spite of the way his life has taken another course to mine, but because of it. 'I remember Dad saying to me many, many times: 'Nick has achieved as much as you, Keir.' Yet Nick's learning difficulties and health issues meant he was unable to hold down a job for very long
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