‘I’m going nowhere’: Keir Starmer insists he will be PM at next election – despite poll showing nearly half of Labour voters want him out
Keir Starmer has insisted he will become Prime Minister at the next general election despite almost half of Labor voters saying he should resign.
In YouGov’s survey of 2,100 people, 23 percent think the party leader should resign now and choose someone else, while 22 percent believe he should give up his post before the next election.
Only a third, 34 per cent, said he should continue to lead Labor into the contest.
Asked if he would stay on, Sir Keir told The Mirror: ‘Yes, I will stay. Let me be really clear; Every minute not spent talking and dealing with the cost of living is a minute wasted in terms of the political work of this Government.
‘This is my response to last week. I am fully focused on what is most important to me, which is reducing the cost of living and making people feel better about themselves.
‘I’m conscious that people want to have more money in their pockets to get ahead in life, to get ahead, to do the things that are important to them.’
Some Labor MPs worry that the prime minister is essentially a liability, and there is speculation he could face a leadership challenge after local elections in May next year.
The YouGov poll also found that 29 per cent of voters said they believed the Conservatives were more competent than the previous government.
Keir Starmer insists he will become Prime Minister at the next general election despite almost half of Labor voters saying he should resign
The survey of Labor voters, conducted on November 12 and 13, comes ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget next week; Here it is feared working families will be more than £1,000 worse off as a result of the party’s looming secret tax raid
A total of 25 per cent say Labor is more competent than the previous government, while 29 per cent think both are equally bad.
Just over 40 per cent of those who voted Labor last year said Rishi Sunak was a better prime minister than Sir Keir.
More than half said Labor was as divided or more divided than the Conservatives.
The vote, which took place on November 12 and 13, comes ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget next week; Here it is feared working families will be more than £1,000 worse off as a result of the party’s decision The impending secret tax raid.
Analysis found Ms Reeves’s plan to freeze income tax thresholds for another two years would cost high-income couples up to £1,300 in tax and National Insurance.
Those forced to pay the higher tax rate will have to pay an extra £900 every year even if the freeze ends, according to the Conservatives.
Even pensioners could lose £150 over two years, along with the full rate of their state pension, from exceeding their income tax personal allowance from 2027.
In a process known as ‘fiscal drift’, more and more workers in jobs such as nursing, policing and teaching will find themselves paying 40 per cent or more in tax on their income.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been tipped as a potential successor to Sir Keir (file image)
A recent poll from More in Common suggests Reform UK will take 31 per cent of the vote in today’s General Election.
Labor and the Conservatives receive 20 and 19 percent of the votes respectively, while the Liberal Democrats and Green Party receive 14 and 12 percent of the votes respectively.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been floated as a potential successor to Sir Keir; but it is supported by eight percent of voters; Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is supported by 18 per cent of voters overall and 30 per cent of those who voted Labor at the last election.
Meanwhile, Net Zero and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Ms Reeves are supported by 4 per cent of voters.
