Keir Starmer has seen his popularity plummet since the general election, a new poll has revealed. The prime minister’s approval rating is now even lower than Rishi Sunak’s, less than three months on from Labour’s landslide victory on July 4.

PM Keir Starmer's personal approval rating now stands at -26 and is one point lower than the ex-Tory PM Rishi Sunak, whose own rating is -25, according to pollsters Opinium.

Labour conference kicks off as Starmer vows no more austerity - Labour is braced for a clash with unions over its winter fuel payment decision, as it weathers the storms of multiple rows at the heart of Government.

Those are not descriptions of the prime minister’s behaviour that Labour would want to hear on any week - but especially not as thousands of members and MPs pack their bags for the party’s conference in Liverpool.

Before Sir Keir Starmer even arrived in Liverpool thousands of protesters took to the streets on the periphery of the conference for the UK's first pro-Palestine national march to be staged outside London.

Starmer arrives at Labour conference with promise to rebuild UK - Sir Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner arrived at the party’s ‘biggest ever’ conference.