Keir Starmer Faces Calls To Quit As Reform UK Surge Plunges Labour Into Crisis

Pressure mounts on under-fire PM as his party suffers huge losses across the country.

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Keir Starmer is facing fresh calls to quit as a surge in support for Reform UK left Labour facing local election humiliation.

Early results in England showed Nigel Farage’s party making major gains at the expense of both Labour and the Conservatives.

With around one-fifth of council results declared by 5am, Labour had already lost more than 130 councillors, with Reform gaining nearly 200.

Labour had so far lost control of five councils, including Tameside in former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner’s constituency.

In Wigan, the seat held by culture secretary Lisa Nandy, Labour lost all 22 of the seats it was defending, and Reform gaining 24 of the 25 seats up for grabs.

Even in those councils where Labour........

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