Sir Keir Starmer has been dealt a massive blow after voters used a poll to say then they think he might be ousted as pressure continues to pile onto the Labour leader.

It paints a bleak picture for the beleaguered PM, who has endured a torrid time since his landslide election victory in July.

Nearly a third of all Britons surveyed expect under-pressure Sir Keir to last another year at most, with 68% saying he is doing “badly”.

Respondents criticised Starmer’s handling of the economy, the NHS, the cost-of-living crisis and immigration as nearly a third predicted that the Labour leader would be gone in a year at most, whilst more than two thirds believe that Starmer is doing a poor job.

In news that will worry both Labour and the Conservatives, 20% of those polled in the survey conducted for the Mail on Sunday believe that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will be the next Prime Minister.

In what would have been unthinkable following Starmer’s historic election victory in July, pressure is mounting on Starmer’s government over controversial policies and a series of unforced errors that have shrouded Labours first six months in office.

Controversial policies such as the removal of the winter fuel payment, farmers’ inheritance tax and the two-child benefit cap have dominated the headlines throughout Starmer’s premiership whilst rows over free suits and concert tickets from donors have brought further unwanted attention.

A Labour source told the Mail: “If this poll doesn’t ring alarm bells in No10, then we really are doomed.

“Sadly, it confirms what I and other Labour colleagues are now finding on the doorstep.

“There never was much support for Keir. But after a catalogue of blunders – from scrapping winter fuel payments to hiking taxes – what little support there was for the Prime Minister has collapsed.”

The poll, conducted by Deltapoll, asked 1,144 British adults online and shows that the majority of those asked believe that the country is heading in the wrong direction, with the NHS and cost of living crisis amongst the issues that concern voters the most.

Joe Twyman, co-founder and director of Deltapoll, said: “Just six months since arriving in Downing Street, Keir Starmer’s poll rating may well be causing concern. With potentially more than four years until the election, there will be some who believe that the Prime Minister has plenty of time to turn things around.

“But the direction of travel in the polls has been downwards and without an improvement in economic circumstances, significantly improving the numbers may well turn out to be difficult.

“While not exactly a Winter of Discontent, this is clearly a Winter of Dissatisfaction and as 2025 begins, the polls will not bring new year cheer to the Labour Party.”

Angela Rayner is the favourite to replace the PM should he be ousted, according to respondents, whilst Conservative voters who responded to the poll say they favour a return of Boris Johnson to frontline politics