Labour conference 2025: Starmer vows to see off Reform UK threat as MPs gather in Liverpool

Labour MPs are meeting in Liverpool for their annual conference as Sir Keir Starmer seeks to counter poor polling and leadership challenges.

The prime minister described the event as a chance to show Labour as an alternative to the “toxic divide and decline” offered by Reform UK.

Starmer faces pressure after polls suggest Nigel Farage’s party could win the next election, amid recent scandals and speculation about a potential challenge from Andy Burnham.

He said the next few days are a “really big opportunity to make our case to the country, make it absolutely clear that patriotic national renewal is the way forward, not the toxic divide and decline that we get with Reform”.