Sir Keir Starmer becomes the first sitting prime minister to take a public HIV test. Joined by Terrence Higgins Trust representatives, the PM took a rapid home test to raise awareness of National HIV Testing Week. The government has committed to ending new HIV cases in England by 2030, with a new HIV Action Plan to be published in summer 2025.

BRITISH SOUL icon Beverley Knight joined prime minister Sir Keir Starmer in calling for greater awareness of the need for sexually active people to take HIV tests. The chart-topping singer took a rapid home test alongside the prime minister at 10 Downing Street during National HIV Testing Week, making him the first serving prime minister to do so.

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Sir Keir Starmer has become the first western prime minister to take a public HIV  test in an effort to destigmatise testing for the virus. During HIV Testing Week, which runs from February 10 to 17,

Keir Starmer became the first serving UK Prime Minister and G7 leader to take a "public HIV test," the UK Prime Minister's Office shared on Monday.