'I interviewed the Prime Minister in IKEA about parental leave and town centres'

Starmer jokes ‘lookalike’ IKEA worker should stand in for him

Sir Keir Starmer joked with an IKEA worker that he should stand in for him at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday. The prime minister visited the store in Croydon, south London, on Monday (12 January), to mark the introduction of changes to parental leave, including unpaid parental leave from the first day in a new job. In a video posted to his TikTok account, Sir Keir meets a staff member named Stephen, joking that a visit to IKEA was "far …

'I interviewed the Prime Minister in IKEA about parental leave and town centres'

It’s not every day you’re interviewing the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom about Swedish meatballs, parental leave and the future of…