Counterterrorism police probe fire at Starmer's London house
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Counterterrorism police are investigating a fire at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's north London home in the early hours of Monday morning.
The fire at the four-bedroom property, which Starmer has rented out to tenants since moving to 10 Downing Street last July, caused damage to the property's entrance, the Metropolitan Police said.
'On Monday, 12 May at 01:35hrs, police were alerted by the London Fire Brigade to reports of a fire at a residential address in [Kentish Town],' the police said in a statement.
'Officers attended the scene. Damage was caused to the property's entrance, nobody was hurt. The fire is being investigated and cordons remain in place while enquiries continue.'
Starmer's home has been targeted by protesters in the past, including in relation to the Israeli-Gaza conflict.
On Monday, the prime minister announced a migration crackdown warning that Britain risked becoming 'an island of strangers' without further action.
A spokesman for the prime minister on Monday said he 'thanks the emergency services for their work', but declined to comment further because of the live investigation.
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