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These are the 2 properties linked to Sir Keir Starmer that were damaged successful a suspected arson attack, MailOnline tin exclusively reveal.
The doors of the 2 homes successful northbound London some suffered occurrence harm wrong 24 hours of each other.
Scotland Yard said contiguous it is probing whether the 2 blazes are linked, arsenic good arsenic a conveyance occurrence past Thursday successful a imaginable arson spree targeting the PM.
Counter panic cops contiguous launched an probe into the latest blaze astatine the premier's £2million townhouse this greeting wherever neighbours had heard a 'loud bang'.
Officers were searching gardens adjacent for a projectile with 1 neighbour telling MailOnline it whitethorn person been a firebomb attack.
Pictures amusement the beforehand structure country charred wherever conscionable 5 years earlier Starmer and his woman Victoria stood to applaud the NHS during the tallness of the coronavirus pandemic.
Investigators judge that the occurrence whitethorn person been started deliberately successful the mediate of the night. No arrests person been made.
It is presently being 'treated arsenic suspicious' arsenic investigations proceed into the origin of the fire.
The PM has thanked the exigency services with his spokesperson saying they were incapable to remark further.
The beforehand doorway and brickwork astatine Sir Keir Starmer's northbound London townhouse has been near charred pursuing a suspected arson attack
Scotland Yard is probing whether the latest occurrence is linked to different blaze astatine a spot successful northbound London conscionable 24 hours earlier (pictured)
Sir Keir and his wife, Victoria, were antecedently seen clapping for the NHS from extracurricular the location successful London, during the tallness pandemic successful May, 2020
A Met Police spokesperson said: 'The probe squad are besides considering 2 different incidents - a conveyance occurrence successful NW5 connected 8 May and a occurrence astatine the entranceway of a spot successful N7 connected 11 May - and are investigating whether they whitethorn beryllium linked to the occurrence successful NW5 connected 12 May.
'At this aboriginal signifier of the investigation, officers are moving to found the circumstances of each 3 fires and are keeping an unfastened caput arsenic to whether determination is immoderate connection.
'Both incidents are being treated arsenic suspicious astatine this time, and enquiries stay ongoing.'
Sources told MailOnline that Scotland Yard's SO15 antagonistic coercion command's probe is understood to beryllium regular fixed the precocious illustration quality of the owner.
The occurrence is said to person lone damaged the structure of the spot with the doorway and brickwork 'charred and black. The blaze did not dispersed further indoors.
It is not known if the spot was occupied astatine the time, but nary 1 was hurt.
Forensics officers person been combing for grounds extracurricular the spot each time aft the blaze broke retired astatine 1.11am.
Neighbour Charles Grant, 66, told MailOnline officers had been searching his plot for a projectile that idiosyncratic whitethorn person thrown into the rear of his property, but they did not find anything.
A fig of forensics officers wearing bluish and achromatic overalls were seen successful the thoroughfare today
Firefighters are pictured astatine the country of the blaze, with crews putting retired the occurrence astatine astir 1.33am
Pictured is simply a constabulary cordon connected the thoroughfare wherever 1 of Sir Keir Starmer's homes caught fire
A spot belonging to Keir Starmer caught connected occurrence successful the aboriginal hours of this morning. Pictured is an serviceman guarding the scene
Emergency crews were called conscionable aft 1am to the fire. The roadworthy remains cordoned disconnected today
'From what different radical connected the roadworthy person told maine contiguous is that idiosyncratic tried to propulsion a firebomb into Keir Starmer's location - but cipher was hurt, and I don't deliberation the harm was excessively extensive,' helium said.
'The beforehand doorway of Starmer's location is unopen and inactive standing. The doorway and the brickwork is charred and achromatic and it smells of burnt stuff.
'The constabulary said the harm is not extended - conscionable needs a spot of paintwork.'
London Fire Brigade (LFB) confirmed determination has been 'damage' caused to the beforehand of the location with the flames being brought nether power by 1.33am.
A adjacent doorway neighbour described the occurrence arsenic 'scary' and told however helium had been woken up successful the aboriginal hours by a 'loud bang'.
'It was a large bang, what sounded similar solid shattering. It was scary,' the antheral neighbour, who did not privation to beryllium named, told The Sun.According to the PM's introduction successful the registry of ministerial fiscal interests, Sir Keir rents retired the household home. He, his woman Victoria and their children moved into an flat successful 10 Downing Street after the predetermination past July.
The Metropolitan Police is investigating the blaze, with a spokesperson for the unit saying officers were alerted astatine 1.35am.
Sales manager Cory Adshead 48, who has lived connected the roadworthy adjacent to Starmer for 3 years, told MailOnline: 'At 1am I heard constabulary sirens.
Police forensics officers seen adjacent the location of Sir Keir Starmer -- May 12, 2025
Police officers were pictured contiguous looking done rubbish bins for immoderate imaginable grounds -- May 12, 2025
One neighbour told MailOnline however officers told him they were searching for a projectile that whitethorn person been thrown into his garden, but they did not find thing (Pictured: A forensics serviceman is seen adjacent to Starmer's home)
'And constabulary lights were flashing done the chamber window. When I woke up and went to enactment the adjacent greeting determination were nary constabulary cordons. But they went up - according to my woman - betwixt 12pm and 2pm this afternoon.
'I mean it's beauteous weird that would beryllium the 1 doorway successful the country to drawback connected occurrence astatine that clip astatine night.
'But I don't cognize if anyone is surviving successful the location oregon night.'
A 56-year-old pistillate who has lived successful the country for much than 12 years said: 'It is mostly a precise harmless area.
'I consciousness atrocious if anyone has been targeted oregon attacked successful this way.'
Another neighbour told The Sun said they had seen forensics officers extracurricular of the spot each day.
'It seems similar they're taking it precise seriously,'the 58-year-old said, who did not privation to beryllium named.
Others told however past Wednesday a car had been acceptable connected occurrence other the home. It is not known if the 2 incidents are connected.
A Met Police spokesperson said: 'Officers attended the scene. Damage was caused to the property's entrance, cipher was hurt.
'The occurrence is being investigated and cordons stay successful spot portion enquiries continue.
'Anyone with accusation is asked to telephone constabulary connected 101 quoting CAD 441/12 May.'
It's not wide what caused the blaze. However, a fig of forensics officers successful bluish and achromatic overalls were seen successful the thoroughfare connected Monday afternoon.
A spokesperson for LFB added: 'The Brigade was called astatine 0111 and the occurrence was nether power by 0133.
'Two occurrence engines from Kentish Town Fire Station attended the scene.'
A forensics canine and serviceman comb for grounds successful the rainfall extracurricular of Starmer's northbound London townhouse
Neighbours said they person seen forensics officers extracurricular the spot each day
A forensics squad is pictured moving wrong a constabulary cordon arsenic an serviceman looks connected -- May 12, 2025
A forensics serviceman talks into a dictaphone arsenic they survey the country -- May 12, 2025
The PM's authoritative spokesperson said: 'I tin lone accidental that Prime Minister acknowledgment the exigency services for their enactment and it is taxable to a unrecorded investigation. So I can't remark immoderate further.'
News of the blaze came arsenic the PM this greeting revealed the Government's program to ace down connected migration rules.
Speaking astatine a property league earlier today, Sir Keir warned Britain was astatine hazard of becoming an 'island of strangers' arsenic helium unveiled a drawstring of caller policies to tackle amerciable immigration.
Speaking to journalists from Downing Street, the PM deployed the Brexit campaign's 'take backmost control' slogan arsenic helium vowed to extremity the 'betrayal' of relying connected inexpensive overseas labour.
However, doubts are already being raised astir whether the rules volition person a large capable interaction - with the Conservatives criticising the nonaccomplishment to present an yearly headdress connected numbers.
The announcement comes little than a fortnight aft Reform UK rode a question of rising nationalist choler connected migration to triumph successful the section elections, delivering a drawstring of damaging defeats to Labour.
Sir Keir is present scrambling to blunt the menace from Nigel Farage's enactment by projecting a pugnacious stance connected the contented - and present little nett migration figures implicit the remainder of the parliamentary term.
Home Office aides are said to fearfulness that without deep-rooted reforms, yearly nett migration volition settee adjacent higher than the 340,000 level projected by the Office for National Statistics.
Sir Keir has accused the Tories of overseeing an detonation successful numbers portion successful power, saying the strategy seemed 'designed to licence abuse' and was 'contributing to the forces that are dilatory pulling our state apart'.
The PM estimates the caller migration reforms volition chopped migration figures by 100,000 per year.
It's understood the location belongs to Sir Keir Starmer, who rents it out. The PM is pictured contiguous holding a property league into immigration
The location is owned by Sir Keir but helium present rents it retired portion helium lives successful 10 Downing Street. Pictured are officers astatine the country pursuing the occurrence successful London connected Monday morning
This flagship Immigration White Paper includes a 10-year hold for UK citizenship, alternatively of five.
Those who enactment and wage taxes could besides leap the queue for residency rights, portion nationalist work employees and top-skilled professionals volition beryllium fast-tracked.
And successful a caller clampdown, the connection trial barroom is besides acceptable to beryllium raised, portion migrants volition present necessitate a assemblage grade to summation a 'skilled worker' visa.
Labour besides program to adjacent loopholes that let companies to blasted a 'skills gap' to bring successful inexpensive work.
Sir Keir underlined his determination that the changes volition mean 'migration numbers fall' but added: 'If we bash request to instrumentality further steps... past people my words we will.'
However, helium refused to warrant that nett migration volition autumn each twelvemonth from now, saying: 'I bash privation to get it down by the extremity of this Parliament significantly.'
Estimated nett migration to the UK stood astatine a provisional full of 728,000 successful the twelvemonth to June 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Some 1,207,000 radical were estimated to person immigrated to the UK during these 12 months, portion 479,000 were estimated to person emigrated, making a nett migration fig of 728,000.
This is down 20 per cent from a grounds 906,000 successful the erstwhile 12 months for the twelvemonth to June 2023.
Sir Keir's critics, including Reform UK's Richard Tice, person called for him to present a circumstantial headdress connected numbers.
'There's nary target, nary fig that tin beryllium measured against,' helium told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
The Conservatives person said the PM is 'trying to instrumentality recognition for caller important reductions successful visa numbers that resulted from Conservative reforms successful April 2024'.
Following his speech, the PM besides met with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson successful Downing Street.
The brace discussed however the UK and Sweden could forge tighter bonds and proceed to enactment Ukraine.
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