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Labour faces losing one of its safest seats after alienating its voter base
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, is applauded by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (left), Chair of the Labour Party, Ellie Reeves (second left) after speaking at a distribution centre for Peak Pharmacy, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, during the launch of the Labour Party local election campaign, April 3, 2025

LABOUR faces losing one of its safest seats in the country to Reform UK after alientating its voter base with austerity and trying to “out-racist the racists,” campaigners said today.

The warning came as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was joined by his deputy Angela Rayner and Labour chairwoman Ellie Reeves to launch his party’s local election campaign ahead of the polls on May 1, which includes the Runcorn and Helsby by-election.

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