Starmer takes aim at rivals in battle for Labour to retain Gorton and Denton

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer stepped up his party’s campaign (PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer hit out at the Green Party’s “disgusting” drugs policy and “toxic” Reform UK on a campaign visit ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Labour faces a battle to save the previously rock-solid Greater Manchester constituency in the face of a double electoral threat from both Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Zack Polanski’s Greens.