SIR Keir Starmer turned his fire on Nigel Farage last night as Labour braced itself for a local elections pummelling and humiliating by-election defeat.
In a Commons attack on surging , the PM accused its leader of being on the side of despot .
He also claimed Reform wants to charge for the NHS and block plans to boost workers’ rights.
said: “Let’s be clear what a vote for his party means.
“It means a .”;
Both the PM and leader are facing a bruising in 23 English council elections today, with Reform
is also braced to lose the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, triggered by former MP Mike Amesbury’s .
The polls represent the first ballot-box test of Sir Keir’s Government.
And Mr Farage — seen last week — has vowed to take seats off both Labour and the Tories.
Reform are ahead by two points in the areas today, with Labour back in third.
But the PM’s allies insisted he was not running scared — despite keeping a low profile on the campaign trail.
Tories fear their vote could be squeezed by both Reform and the .
Ms Badenoch said at that voters faced the choice between “chaos and cover-ups under Labour councils or better services under the Conservatives”;.
Sir Keir accused Reform and the Conservatives of forming a “new coalition”;.
Last night former Tory No10 maverick urged his social media followers to vote Reform to “signal a desire for big change”;.
