Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeKeir Starmer will stay put as Labour leader even if the party faces another disastrous defeat in the Batley and Spen by-election this week, allies say. They claim the party leader is "not going anywhere" and will "hold firm", suggesting that grumbling colleagues should "get their priorities right". Mr Starmer is expected to face calls from the Labour left to quit if he oversees another by-election trouncing on Thursday. (Image: PA)The odds are stacked against Labour hanging on to Batley and Spen where Kim Leadbeater, the sister of murdered MP Jo Cox, is standing. "The actions of these people do not represent the Batley and Spen I know.

Source: Daily Mirror June 28, 2021 17:48 UTC