Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers local election losses

Sir Keir Starmer finds himself under renewed pressure on Friday morning after early local election results pointed to heavy losses for Labour (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer finds himself under pressure following disastrous local election results as Nigel Farage claimed Reform UK is on course to win the next general election.

Early results saw Labour haemorrhage hundreds of councillors and eight local authorities across England while Reform, the Greens and Liberal Democrats all made gains.