Keir Starmer stepping down would not be a shock following poor polling since May's local elections, says Sophie Stowers, from the research and polling organisation More in Common.

Stowers tells Radio 4's Today Programme that More in Common's polling showed that more than half of people questioned believed Starmer should step down as PM after May's elections.

“So it’s not necessarily a shock if the prime minister does decide to leave,” she says.

She says “most” people in that same poll said they would like to see a general election “earlier rather than later”.

“But they are split on whether that means an election should be held immediately or just at some point ahead of schedule before 2029,” she adds.