Police investigating fire at Sir Keir Starmer's house - and possible links with two other blazes
· Sky NewsPolice investigating a fire at a north London house owned by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are also looking into whether it is linked to two other recent blazes.
The Metropolitan Police said on Monday evening that detectives are checking a vehicle fire in NW5 last week and a fire at the entrance of a property in N7 on Sunday to see whether they are connected to the fire at Sir Keir Starmer's house in the early hours of Monday morning.
The prime minister is understood to still own the home and used to live there before he and his family moved into 10 Downing Street after Labour won last year's general election. It is believed the property is being rented out.
Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation as a precaution, the Met said.
The blaze damaged the entrance to the house, but there were no injuries, the force said.
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A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: "On Monday 12 May at 1.35am, police were alerted by the London Fire Brigade to reports of a fire at a residential address.
"Officers attended the scene. Damage was caused to the property's entrance, nobody was hurt.
"As a precaution and due to the property having previous connections with a high-profile public figure, officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command are leading the investigation into this fire. Enquiries are ongoing to establish the potential cause of the fire."
A police cordon and officers, as well as investigators from London Fire Brigade, could be seen outside and at one point, part of the street was cordoned off to all vehicles.
London Fire Brigade said firefighters were called just after 1am, and the blaze was out within half an hour. It described the incident as "a small fire outside a property".
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Sir Keir expressed his gratitude to the police and fire services via his official spokesman, who said: "I can only say that the prime minister thanks the emergency services for their work, and it is subject to a live investigation. So I can't comment any further."
On Monday, Sir Keir made a major policy speech on immigration, promising to bring down net migration by the end of this parliament with a system that is "controlled, selective and fair".
He did not clarify how far he wants figures to fall, only saying numbers will come down "substantially" as he set out plans in the government's Immigration White Paper, including banning care homes from hiring overseas.