Tories thrashed in Chester by-election, suffering their worst result since 1832
The 13.8% swing from Tory to Labour, is the sixth biggest between the parties since 1945, and more than the 12.7% in Wakefield in June.
Labour party
Keir Starmer receives standing ovation from TUC Congress
The Labour leader committed to repealing anti trade union laws
Latest polling shows Tories would be left with just 85 seats
Labour would have a majority of 292 seats
Labour in massive 33-point lead over Tories
In total, four major polling companies all simultaneously said it was the highest lead they had ever recorded for Keir Starmer’s party after turmoil on the markets.
Poll gives Labour 17-point lead ahead of Keir Starmer’s keynote speech to Labour conference
The poll, carried out by YouGov for the Times, found that Starmer has an approval rating of 45 per cent while the Tories led by new prime minister Liz Truss trail behind at 28 per cent.
5 key takeaways from Rachel Reeves’s speech, including a hike to the minimum wage
‘The last Labour government delivered Britain’s first ever national minimum wage. The next Labour government will introduce a genuine living wage.’
Angela Rayner tells Labour conference the party will ‘oversee the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation’
‘The Tories have become too dependent on handing away our public services on the cheap’
Labour could abolish House of Lords if it wins next election
The suggestion was made in a draft report of a constitutional review led by former prime minister Gordon Brown.
Public believe Keir Starmer would be a better PM than Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak, poll shows
The poll, based on 1,500 voters found that Starmer was four points ahead of Truss, with 39 per cent backing him against 35 per cents supporting her.
Labour takes biggest poll lead in ten years
If the results were repeated at a general election, Labour would win a 126 seat majority, with a string of prominent Tory MPs losing their seats, including Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps and Dominic Raab.