Starmer faces unrest from Labour left as mayor urges voters not to back party

Jamie Driscoll warns a Labour government which did not show ambition would end up helping the far right

Jamie Driscoll, the North of Tyne Mayor who is seen as the only “Corbynista” still in high office, has urged left-wing voters not to

But he has jettisoned much of Mr Corbyn’s agenda, saying that economic turmoil and higher borrowing costs have constrained the options available to a future Labour government. He accused the leadership of “short-term thinking” with its focus on controlling the public finances ahead of increasing spending on services, warning: “A Starmer government that fails to quickly improve lives will till the soil for the far right.”

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