Keir Starmer has dismissed a petition demanding another general election as the number of people signing it passed the two million mark. The prime minister said he was “not surprised” that his popularity has nosedived because of many of the decisions Labour has taken since winning power nearly five months ago.

Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clashed Budget tax hikes during a feisty PMQs, where the Prime Minister said the Tories 'haven't got a clue' on what they'd do on the economy

Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed a jibe by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch over an online petition calling for another general election, as the pair clashed over Labour's tax rises. Badenoch said the petition on Parliament's website showed "two million people asking him to go" after Labour's first Budget since 2010.

Keir Starmer mocked Kemi Badenoch after she tried to attack him over an online petition demanding another general election. More than 2.7 million people have now signed it, even though it has no practical impact on the date when the country will next go to the polls.

Sir Keir Starmer hit back at Kemi Badenoch's suggestion that he should resign in light of a petition calling for a general election during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 27 November. The Conservative leader told the prime minister: "There’s a petition out there,