British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged his Labour Party to unite against the rising populist party planning a “racist policy” of mass deportation, as dissatisfaction with his governance grows before local and regional elections in May.

At Labour’s annual conference in the city of Liverpool, Starmer called on party members to focus their anger on Reform UK, led by Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, rather than his leadership.

“We have got the fight of our lives ahead of us, because we’ve got to take on Reform. We’ve got to beat them, and so now is not the time for introspection or navel gazing,” Starmer told BBC News. “We need to be in that fight united,” said the British prime minister, whose support has plummeted over policy U-turns and a series of missteps.

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