Keir Starmer was seen as having given himself some breathing space from mutinous MPs and activists after ramping up attacks on Nigel Farage in Liverpool last week.

Ministers and activists publicly rallied round the PM at the gathering in Liverpool, as Keir Starmer tried to lift the mood with brutal barbs at Nigel Farage.

Keir Starmer was seen as having given himself some breathing space from mutinous MPs and activists after ramping up attacks on Nigel Farage in Liverpool last week.