Overview

• In a keynote address in Liverpool, Keir Starmer vowed to fight Reform UK “with everything we have” and labeled the party the “enemy of national renewal.”
• Fresh surveys underscore Labour’s slump, with Ipsos reporting 73% dissatisfaction with Starmer and one projection cited by broadcasters pointing to steep losses were an election held now.
• Seeking to reset his agenda, Labour paired tougher migration proposals—requiring a job, volunteering and no benefits for permanent residency—with a pledge to create twelve new towns.
• Party tensions persisted around leadership speculation involving Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, the fallout from Angela Rayner’s resignation, and pressure from the left and the Unite union.
• Protests flared outside the Liverpool conference over the government’s stance on Palestine Action, with thousands demonstrating and 66 arrests reported.