Sadiq Khan says government is ‘like a team 2-0 down 20 minutes into the match’

Sir Sadiq Khan has given a brutal assessment of the government’s first 14 months in power – but insisted there’s time to turn it around.

In a football analogy, the London Mayor told a fringe event at Labour’s annual party conference that his party was the equivalent of two-nil down after playing less than 20 minutes of the match.

Ipsos revealed yesterday that Sir Keir Starmer is more unpopular than any other Prime Minister in the history of the company’s approval polls, which date back to Margaret Thatcher.

That means he has a lower rating than Boris Johnson in the aftermath of Partygate, or Liz Truss after her mini-budget.

Asked about the findings, Sir Sadiq told an event organised by The Times that his party ‘can’t pretend things are better than they are’.

He said voters were angry