PM’s ratings exceed those of his party, which is defending four in 10 seats up for grabs in English council elections
Amid a flurry of stump speeches and cringe-inducing stunts, Labour and the Liberal Democrats launched their local council election campaigns this week with the sort of media-focused flourish you would expect of such occasions.
At a community hub in Swindon, an area Labour hopes to take on 4 May, Keir Starmer was introduced by his deputy, Angela Rayner, as “the next British prime minister”, rolling up his shirt sleeves to tell placard-waving activists they should be “hungry for change”.
