Labour begins to believe as election campaign reaches

Polls still predict clear Labour win with the main unknown being how sweeping Conservative losses will be

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Senior Labour figures are privately only just starting really to believe Keir Starmer will walk into No 10 in three weeks’ time.

Shadow cabinet ministers, having been nervous that the polls would narrow, are beginning visibly to relax by a millimetre or two. Starmer’s language in public is sounding more confident about the prospect of government.