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UK Labour membership plummeted under Keir Starmer

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UK Labour membership plummeted under Keir Starmer

Labour had 264,754 members in 2025, its accounts show, down from more than half a million last decade.

LONDON — The ruling Labour Party lost a fifth of its members last year as Keir Starmer’s government was hit by scandal, deployed unpopular policies and was forced into a raft of U-turns.

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