New poll puts Labour in fourth place behind Reform UK, the Greens and the Tories
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)
Labour is trailing in fourth place in a poll for the second week running in the latest blow to Sir Keir Starmer. The survey by Find Out Now puts the Prime Minister’s party on 15%, unchanged from the week before.
Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK leads the poll with 33%, also unchanged from the previous week. The Greens are second on 17%, down one, while the Tories are third on 16% and the Lib Dems are fifth on 11%, both unchanged.
The poll comes as Sir Keir is under pressure after a briefing war erupted at the top of the Labour Government, with claims that Health Secretary Wes Streeting was plotting to topple him.
But the Health Secretary hit back at the “toxic” culture within Downing Street.
The Prime Minister’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has been blamed by some for the fallout from the attacks on Mr Streeting, which were an apparent ploy to warn off potential leadership contenders.
Sir Keir today insisted he “of course” retains full confidence in his chief of staff after being “assured that no briefing against ministers was done from No 10”.
The Prime Minister vowed to “absolutely deal with anybody responsible” for the cloak-and-dagger briefing war.
The chaos comes as Labour’s poll ratings have plummeted since Sir Keir’s landslide general election victory in July 2024.
It also comes ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves‘s November 26 Budget which could see Labour tear up its manifesto pledge not to increase income tax.
And Labour MPs fear there could be a bloodbath in elections next May in English councils and the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.
The poll of 2,339 people was carried out on November 12.
