Lucy Powell, the frontrunner for the Labour deputy leadership, has said voters are "sick" of the government "going on about Nigel Farage all the time".

Speaking to party members at the Labour conference in Liverpool, Ms Powell also said Sir Keir Starmer's government - from which she was sacked from last month - had made "big mistakes" since coming to office.

Her comments come after the prime minister and several cabinet ministers launched stinging attacks on Mr Farage, including branding his migration policy "racist" .

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The prime minister spent much of his hour-long speech on Tuesday drawing dividing lines with Mr Farage , calling on his party to "fight Reform with everything that this movement has", and said that he himself will "fight

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