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Sir Keir Starmer will lead Labour into the next general election, a cabinet minister has said. Speaking this morning the Scotland Secretary Douglas Alexander told journalists he expected the Prime Minister to still be in charge, but warned that “there are no certainties” in politics.

He added that “rightfully and reasonably” there were “important questions that need to be answered today”.

“Keir Starmer is going to set out all the facts, the right place for those questions to be answered are at the despatch box of the House of Commons,” he said.

Asked whether Sir Keir will lead Labour into the next election, expected in 2029, Mr Alexander said: “I expect so, yes… I think he will.”

He added: “There are no certainties but but of course I think he will lead and I think he should because, frankly, on the biggest call in this parliament he’s exercised the right judgment, which is to keep us out of someone else’s war.”