Keir Starmer has dismissed a petition demanding another general election as the number of people signing it passed the two million mark. The prime minister said he was “not surprised” that his popularity has nosedived because of many of the decisions Labour has taken since winning power nearly five months ago.

A petition calling for the government to call an immediate general election has hit two million signatures in the space of two days.

Starmer rules out re-running general election as petition passes 2.5million signatures - A petition on Parliament’s website calling for another election has now been signed by more than 2,500,000 peop