Starmer said he was 'determined' to meet concerns and to 'gain respect and trust again in the future.”
Sir Keir Starmer has struck a conciliatory tone with voters who have turned away from Labour over its stance on Gaza .
In the tightly-fought contest for the West Midlands mayoralty, Labour won by just 1,508 votes over the Tory incumbent Andy Street. The party failed to regain control of Oxford after a string of prominent defections over its messaging on the Middle East crisis, and in a similar blow, lost control of Oldham Council in Greater Manchester to independents.
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