The New Statesman.

Since their election victory last year,

Labor polling has been sinking to lower and lower depths.

A recent result from pollsters find out now has put Labor support at just 14%

behind reform, the Tories and the Greens.

So just how bad is it for Labour?

Where has it all gone wrong in the eyes of voters?

And what does it mean looking ahead to the local elections in May next year?

Joining me today is our senior data journalist and polling expert Ben Walker.

Hello, Ben.

Hello. Thank you for having me.

Absolute pleasure.

And I'm overjoyed at the prospect of podcasting with you for the first time, Ben.

Let's get straight into it.

I mean, this poll that's put Labor at 14%.

How much stock should we put in it?

What's your read of it?

Talk to me about it.

Let's not obsess over outliers, but let's not kid ourselves that the situation for labor is incredibly bad.

I would always,

always recommend listeners, readers and yourself to take stock in not just one poll, but all the polls, and particularly the Britain elects poll tracker, which currently has reform on 30%. So yes,

reform are very much in the lead. There's no question about that. Labor are

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