The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire and Sir Keir discussed a range of issues including climate change and global health.
Mr Gates, whose Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is one of the largest philanthropic bodies of its kind, led a global funding drive in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.A Labour spokesperson said: “Keir Starmer was pleased to meet with Bill Gates today and discuss a number of issues of mutual concern including how the UK best supports global health and equitable development, and how we use the goal of net zero to invest in science and technology to deliver the jobs and growth of the future.
Earlier, the Labour leader told the new Prime Minister: “The only time he ran in a competitive election he got trounced by the former prime minister who herself got beaten by a lettuce.”