Keir Starmer tries to play down fears he will get a 'landslide on a scale never seen before' - after Rishi was backed by Boris Johnson in warning voters not to hand Labour 'unchecked' power

Keir Starmer tries to play down fears he will get a 'landslide on a scale never seen before' - after Rishi was backed by Boris Johnson in warning voters not to hand Labour 'unchecked' power

Keir Starmer is frantically playing down fears Labour will get 'unchecked' power today as the election campaigns enters its final dash for the line.

The Labour leader tried to quell mounting alarm that he is set for the biggest majority ever seen, insisting many seats will 'go to the wire' and polls do not predict the future. 

The twitchy message came as the PM makes a last-ditch effort to avert a complete Tory meltdown after getting a big boost from a joint appearance with Boris Johnson.

At a rally last night, Mr Johnson warned that Sir Keir would use a 'sledgehammer' majority to bring in 'mandatory wokery' and 'uncontrolled immigration'.

Mr Sunak is using the last day of campaigning to visit previously safe seats in Hampshire - with apocalyptic polls suggesting many will fall to Labour and the Lib Dems. 

A massive Survation poll - conducted using the MRP method - found Reform splitting the right-wing vote will gift Sir Keir the largest Commons majority in history, while Tory numbers fall to a record low.

Touring broadcast studios this morning, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride acknowledged that the Conservatives are on track for a dire result. 

He said Labour is almost certain to get an 'extraordinary landslide on a scale that has probably never, ever been seen in this country before'. 

However, the PM insisted Mr Stride had not 'quite' been conceding defeat - telling ITV's This Morning 'what Mel was doing was warning of what a very large Labour majority, unchecked, would mean for people'.

He added: 'I'm fighting hard for every vote.'

Other Tories privately insist that the reception on the doorstep has not been as bad as the polls indicate - and there have been glimmers of a narrowing in recent days, with the Reform surge seemingly ebbing.

As the UK braces to learn who will be in charge for the next five years: 

There are claims Sir Keir will install Harriet Harman as the next head of the equalities watchdog, despite concerns over her support for gender ideology;

Suella Braverman has effectively launched the Tory post-mortem saying the election is 'over' and high immigration was to blame for defeat;

Mr Sunak has bizarrely insisted his favourite meal is 'sandwiches' during a This Morning interview;

He also issued a warning to Sir Keir that he cannot be a 'great dad' and PM at the same time, after the Labour leader suggested he still wants to clock off on Friday evenings; 

Nigel Farage is still trying to seal the deal with voters in Clacton, as Reform struggles to turn votes into seats;

A poll has suggested the SNP could remain the biggest party in Scotland after a threat from Labour.