Simon Harris and Keir Starmer meet today in effort to ‘reset’ British-Irish relations

Both now see an opportunity to strengthen relations between Ireland and Britain following years of rancour during Brexit negotiations

Newly elected British prime minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer are applauded by staff at 10 Downing Street as they arrived after the British Labour Party won a landslide victory in the 2024 general election. 

Taoiseach Simon Harris will meet Keir Starmer, the new British prime minister, later today to discuss a reset in Anglo-Irish relations.

The two men spoke by phone on July 5 after Mr Starmer’s emphatic general election win and agreed that there was an opportunity now to strengthen relations between Ireland and Britain following years of rancour during Brexit negotiations.