Keir Starmer’s private rankings hit grim new low after newest shambolic U-turns – with 75% having a destructive view of the PM

Keir Starmer‘s personal ratings have hit a grim new low after his latest shambolic U-turns.

YouGov research found 75 per cent of the public now has a negative view of the PM.

That is Sir Keir’s worst rating on record with the firm, while just 18 per cent have a favourable opinion. 

The premier’s net score of minus 57 was three points worse than the tracker detected a month ago.

The bleak statistics underline that Labour’s big New Year relaunch has not gone entirely to plan.

Sir Keir has cemented his reputation for flip-flopping with two more major concessions in 2026 so far. 

Having spent months extolling the virtues of digital ID cards for curbing illegal immigration, Sir Keir bowed to a backlash by confirming they will be entirely voluntary.

The bleak statistics underline that Keir Starmer’s big New Year relaunch has not gone entirely to plan

Rachel Reeves has also announced that she is drawing up a bailout package for thousands of pubs facing collapse following her Budget hikes to business rates.

But there are fears that the climbdowns have only opened the floodgates, with increasingly mutinous Labour MPs pushing on multiple fronts.

The government is facing massive resistance to proposals for curbing rights to jury trials, with campaigners warning ministers they will only look stupid if they continue to defend the measure publicly. 

There is a clamour for ministers to bring forward a ban on under-16s using social media – something Sir Keir used to oppose.  

Speculation has also been growing that the Chancellor will have to extend promised business rates relief for pubs to the wider hospitality sector – something that could heap more strain on the government’s finances. 

Local elections in May are increasingly looking like a critical moment to decide Sir Keir’s fate.