Former Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle has criticised Keir Starmer's strategy of positioning Nigel Farage as the main opposition to his government, warning it could prove counterproductive. The comments come after Starmer launched a series of attacks on the Reform UK leader during a speech at a glass factory in St Helens,

Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that Nigel Farage would crash the economy if his Reform UK party ever won power, describing his tax and spending plans as a fantasy in a speech attacking the man who has become Labour's chief threat in the polls.