Zack Polanski is capitalising on Labour's woes right now and enjoying a surge in support from young voters.

Downing Street found itself in a crisis completely of its own making this week.

Senior Labour figures started to brief against health secretary Wes Streeting,suggesting he was planning a coup against Keir Starmer – while insisting the prime minister would fight off any challenge to his leadership.

But the senior cabinet member swiftly slapped down such accusations, claimed Downing Street was trying to “kneecap” him and compared the allegations to conspiracy theories, insisting: “I didn’t kill JFK!”

Even Labour advisers outside of Downing Street were bewildered by No.10′s decision to “shoot themselves in the foot”.

But, as Starmer’s team now rushes to do damage control and apologise to Streeting, it’s hard not to conclude No.10 is fiddling while Rome burns.

Labour has fallen into fourth place in recent polls, according to Find Out Now, which just put the party on a meagre 15% in a survey published on Thursday.

With Reform UK holding onto their lead with 33%, and the Tories consistently in third place on 16%, it is the Green Party which appears to have ousted Labour from being in second place, creeping forward with 17%.

It’s a similar picture among young people, too, who have been flocking to the Greens.

A Savanta poll for ITV News and ITV’s Peston programme released........

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