Labour plans to deploy extra campaign resources in January to defend contested seats across London, Kent, and Hertfordshire, including those held by cabinet ministers. While Kemi Badenoch has focused policy efforts on the economy and southern higher earners, her broader party brand still lags behind her personal approval ratings. Strategists are now preparing to counter a two-front challenge by warning the electorate about a potential pact between the Tories and Nigel Farage.
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Labour strategists are weighing campaigns that highlight the danger of a Conservative-Ref…: Labour strategists are weighing campaigns that highlight the danger of a Conservative-Reform pact to deter right-leaning voters.
Party officials must manage a multi-front threat across their right flank rather than foc…: Party officials must manage a multi-front threat across their right flank rather than focusing solely on Nigel Farage.
Conservative policies under Kemi Badenoch are actively targeting higher earners in the so…: Conservative policies under Kemi Badenoch are actively targeting higher earners in the south despite a lingering deficit in the party brand.
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Andy Burnham has instructed the Labour party to “re-arm” to fight the Conservatives at the next election amid concern inside government that they must take the prospect of a Kemi Badenoch-led recovery seriously.
Downing Street sources said the prime minister wanted Labour headquarters to refocus on the Tories as an electoral threat after more than two years of prioritising Nigel Farage’s Reform and – on their left flank – the Greens.
“Andy is well aware of how volatile electoral support is. Just because the Tories are trailing in the polls now, their trajectory is upwards and they could bounce back ahead of the election. We can’t be complacent about our old foe,” one source said.
The Conservatives took 24% of the vote at the last general election, before support dipped to 18%. But last week this had risen to 25%, according to polling from More in Common, the first time in 18 months they have exceeded their vote share at the time of their record election defeat.
Many Tory MPs, who had felt that their party’s situation was existential, now…
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