Starmer in the US, does Labour have a plan, and who would rule the roost in a Tory-Reform alliance?

Few voters trust Keir Starmer to negotiate good relationships with either the US or the EU, they are more likely to think Labour’s economic policies will make things worse than better, they would rather stand up for Britain’s national interests than abide by international court rulings, they like the new Conservative immigration policy but doubt it would be implemented, and they noticed the revelations about the Chancellor’s CV more than any other domestic political news story – all according to my latest polling.

Foreign affairs – especially Ukraine, Gaza, the JD Vance Munich speech and the prospect of US tariffs – dominated answers when we asked what recent political news people could remember. The top domestic political news stories were the work history of Chancellor Rachel Reeves, followed by the Labour WhatsApp scandal.