Sir Keir Starmer has told Labour candidates and MPs to disregard a poll suggesting the Tories could be on course for a 1997-style wipeout at the next general election.Asked about the survey on a trip to Whetstone in Barnet, the party leader said: "My message to every single Labour Party member, every single MP, every single candidate, is ignore that poll."

Sir Keir Starmer has told Labour candidates and MPs to disregard a poll suggesting the Tories could be on course for a 1997-style wipeout at the next general election.Asked about the survey on a trip to Whetstone in Barnet, the party leader said: "My message to every single Labour Party member, every single MP, every single candidate, is ignore that poll."