Starmer speaking as he left 10 Downing Street in July. Keir Starmer is having to find a new house because of a firebomb attack on the one he lived in before becoming prime minister, it has emerged. The former PM’s biographer, Tom Baldwin, said he had been advised not to return to the property “for security reasons”. Two men were jailed in June following a trial at the Old Bailey over arson attacks on property connected to Starmer. The jury heard Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc had been recruited by an anonymous Russian-speaking figure called “El Money” on the messaging service Telegram. In the early hours of May 12, 2025, a fire broke out at Starmer’s former home in Kentish Town, north London, where his sister-in-law and her family were then living. Lavrynovych and Carpiuc were also convicted of setting fire to a car once owned by Starmer, and the front door of a property in north London that Starmer had previously managed, earlier the same month. Speaking in the House of Commons at the time, the then PM said it was “an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for”. Starmer and his family divided their time between Downing Street and the country grace-and-favour residence Chequers when he was prime minister. But he left No.10 last month after being replaced as PM by Andy Burnham. On Sky News on Sunday, Baldwin was asked how Starmer is coping with life out of power. He said: “He’s had a holiday, which is something he didn’t get in his first summer. He is looking for a place to live, because he can’t go back to his old house for security reasons.” HuffPost UK has contacted Starmer’s representatives for comment. Listen to Commons People, the podcast that makes politics easy. Every week, Kevin Schofield and Kate Nicholson unpack the week’s biggest stories to keep you informed. Join us for straightforward analysis of what’s going on at Westminster.