Sir Keir Starmer has promised Labour's victory in Batley is "just the start", as he hailed Kim Leadbeater's victory "against the odds".

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The Labour leader had been expected to come under intense pressure to resign, or face a leadership challenge, if the party had lost another by-election. However this morning, union figures suggested the result had bought Sir Keir another year to turn the party around.

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