SCOTTISH Labour MPs are reportedly backing ousting Keir Starmer ahead of next year's Holyrood elections over fears the party faces a “slaughter” in May due to the Prime Minister’s unpopularity.

Senior party sources in Westminster have told The Times that Starmer is “very unpopular” with voters in Scotland and that his remaining at the helm of the party jeopardises any ambitions Labour has of taking on the SNP next year.

According to The Times Scottish MPs are among the keenest in replacing Starmer in the new year in a bid to install a less damaging figurehead for the party.

One insider reportedly told The Times: “The situation is untenable. The question for those of us with elections next May is ‘is there time for a change’, or do we wait to be slaughtered?

“My preference is be

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