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.

Starmer insists he’s ‘not surprised’ by election petition with two million signatures as he rules out another vote

A petition demanding a general election has passed the 450,000 signatures mark, with thousands of people signing it every minute.