London mayor says he has ‘confidence we will turn it round’ as he addresses audience at Edinburgh fringe
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. Despite winning a huge majority at last year’s general election, Labour knew it had a lot of work to do to regain voters trust and show government could work for ordinary people.
The task was made more difficult as the party inherited a weak economy and crumbling public services underinvested in by previous Conservative administrations.
So far, the prime minister, Keir Starmer, has failed to win popularity with voters, according to many polls, with a seeming lack of political direction and constant moves to appease Reform voters while Labour’s base quietly slips away.
Starmer’s proposed cuts to winter fuel payments, his sluggishness over adopting a firmer stance on Israel’s war on Gaza and his controversial welfare reforms were out of line with much of the public’s attitudes.
