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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin,Caitlin Doherty,Tara Cobham and Rebecca Whittaker

Keir Starmer latest: Half of Britons want Starmer to quit as Labour leader now after ‘coup attempt’, finds poll

Half of Britons want Keir Starmer to stand down as leader of the Labour Party following an attempted “coup”.

New YouGov polling revealed just over a quarter (27 per cent) think he should remain Labour leader and the other 23 per cent don’t know. Among the people who voted Labour at the last general election, 46 per cent think Starmer should remain Labour leader, while 36 per cent say he should stand aside for someone else.

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