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Labour loses more than one in five council by-elections as voters turn on Starmer

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Labour has lost 33 out of 150 council seats it has contested in six months .

Figures compiled by veteran pollster Sir Robert Hayward show swing against Labour has increased.

Tory peer said scale of antipathy’ towards Government was quite abnormal’ at early stage.

Sir Keir Starmer 's approval ratings have plummeted since taking office.

Sir Robert said Labour leadership should be concerned’ by the figures, adding: They say they've taken the tough decisions, but the indications from these by-elections are that people do not like what they’re seeing, but will need a lot of convincing in the future that the decisions were right and that they were warranted”.