✕ Close Lammy declares ‘post Cold War peace is well and truly over’ as he takes aim at PutinSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policySir Keir Starmer has been dealt a further blow with a new poll predicting Labour would lose its overall majority if an election was held now. The poll by FindOutNowUK has put Reform level pegging with Labour on 25 per cent and the Tories five points behind on 20 per cent. According to the calculations, if the result was repeated in a general election Labour would lose 173 seats but remain the largest party on 238. And with government borrowing costs also increasing, Treasury minister Darren Jones has warned that “public services will have to live within their means”.

Source: The Times January 09, 2025 08:25 UTC