Labour leader Keir Starmer: We won’t see talent like Glenda Jackson again

Prime Minister Gordon Brown listens during a speech by Glenda Jackson in 2010 (PA)

Sir Keir Starmer has led tributes to veteran actress and former Labour politician Glenda Jackson saying she “leaves a space in our cultural and political life that can never be filled”.

Jackson “died peacefully” after a brief illness at the age of 87, her agent confirmed on Thursday.