Speaking ahead of this week's votes, the Labour leader describes the bruising results last time round, but claims he feels 'vindicated' after staying on and 'changing' the party.
Sir Keir Starmer has admitted he considered quitting as Labour leader after the party lost both the Hartlepool by-election and council seats in 2021. Speaking to Sky News political editor Beth Rigby ahead of tomorrow's contests, Sir Keir called it 'a low point', with his party recording a net loss of eight councils, as well as the North East constituency - which had been held by Labour since the 1970s, but went to the Conservatives on the night.
'Losing hurts and it should hurt in politics, because this isn't about me, it is about whether the Labour Party can come back into government and serve working people. So yes, it was a very, very low moment.' However, Sir Keir said the experience - which came around a year after he took over the party and while Boris Johnson was enjoying a surge in popularity in so-called Red Wall seats - led him to 'double down and turbocharge the change that we needed'.
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