Lord Hermer, Britain's Attorney General arrives to attend Cabinet last month.

One of Keir Starmer’s closest cabinet allies has vowed to step up his support for the embattled prime minister.

Lord Hermer said the PM’s working class background will help him deliver for voters and see off “populists” on the left and right of British politics.

The attorney general’s comments, in a speech on Tuesday night, will come just hours after Starmer made a plea for cabinet unity following days of bitter Labour in-fighting.

The prime minister was even forced to insist he will still be Labour leader come the next general election amid mounting speculation about his future.

Hermer will tell the Law for Change group that things like the Hillsborough Law, the Employment Rights Bill and improved rights for renters prove Starmer is on the side of ordinary people.

He will say: “When the law helps extend rights and delivers justice where it’s most needed, it earns not just respect, but belief.

“Not as a shield for the status quo, particularly when that status quo may fail too many. But as a promise that across the country, we all stand equal before the law, and no one stands alone.”

Hermer will add: “That’s what this prime minister believes in – the idea that power can be rebalanced, that the law can and should evolve to meet the changing needs of society.

“Injustices can be........

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