Meet the man behind the petition demanding a general election: More than one million Britons have called for change amid fury at Labour's Budget tax raid

The man who set up a petition demanding a fresh general election which has picked up over a million signatures has said people feel 'betrayed' by Labour. Mr Westwood, the owner of the Wagon and Horses pub where pints sell from £2.30, criticised Labour's actions since taking power in July as looking 'nothing like what was promised' in its manifesto. Pub owner Michael Westwood, who set up the petition for a fresh general election, says people feel 'betrayed' by Labour The petition on the Parliament website complains that Keir Starmer has 'gone back on promises' The petition has been gaining over 100,000 backers an hour A heat map from the Parliament website showing where the signatories claim to be located Senior Tories hailed the huge numbers as an 'expression of anger that Labour lied' On his petition Mr Westwood wrote: 'I believe the current Labour Government have gone back on the promises they laid out in the lead up to the last election.' Last week's G20 summit in Brazil marked Sir Keir's 26th day out of the UK since July's election, with 15 international trips to ten countries.