Keir's first year: Starmer under pressure after a rocky start for Labour

Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party swept to power with a landslide victory over the despondent Tories a year ago - but have endured a tough 12 months. The rise of Reform UK has changed the political landscape yet again, putting both Starmer and new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch under pressure. We take a look at a fascinating year in politics.

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Sir Keir Starmer has had a rocky start in his first year as Prime Minister and faces plummeting polls for Labour and struggles inside his party as he enters the second stage of his plans for a "decade of renewal".

Labour swept back into Downing Street with more than 400 MPs on July 4 last year - clinching a majority just short of Tony Blair’s landslide in 1997.

A year later, polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice is calling it “the worst start for any newly elected prime minister”.

Sir Keir was accused of setting a gloomy tone at the outset, telling the public that things would get worse before they got better and warning of tough choices and a financial “black hole” left by his predecessors.