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As he tries to stave off mounting unrest within his own party, Sir Keir was even reported to have been considering sacking his Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, in a desperate post-election reshuffle to re-establish his authority.

Sir Keir has been battered by the Lord Mandelson scandal, with Opposition parties and some Labour MPs calling for him to step aside.

He has been accused of misleading the House of Commons after he repeatedly told MPs that “due process was followed” in the appointment of Lord Mandelson as US ambassador.

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He even sacked the head of the foreign office, Sir Olly Robbins, for not informing him sooner that the former Labour peer had failed his security vetting.

Labour insists it is campaigning on local issues, and Sir Keir is reportedly planning a “blitz” of policy after the election, including an ever-closer alignment with the European Union.

Reform UK and the Greens are forecast to make major gains at Labour’s expense, with the party squeezed from both the right and the left.