Starmer concedes Labour have a way to go in polls

Published on May 5, 2021 - Duration: 01:13s

Starmer concedes Labour have a way to go in polls

On a visit to a foodbank in Pontefract, Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer says his party is fighting for every vote going into the May 6 elections and promises to take responsibility for the results.It comes as the party faces worrying polling suggesting it faces defeat in the Hartlepool by-election โ€“ a Westminster seat it has held for four decades โ€“ and that it could lose ground in council elections in its so-called โ€œred wallโ€ of traditional heartlands in the North and Midlands, including in Sunderland, Bolton and Derby.


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