Leadership contest would be wrong and counterproductive, Tribune group says on day of turmoil for No 10 and party
Labour’s powerful soft left caucus has urged Keir Starmer to reshuffle his cabinet and put an end to factional infighting, with several calling for the return of Angela Rayner, Louise Haigh and Lucy Powell.
The Tribune group of more than 100 MPs has long called in private for the departure of Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, who quit on Sunday.
It had been widely expected to call for McSweeney’s resignation in the aftermath of the May elections, as well as demand a wider cabinet reshuffle and a significant reset of economic policy as the price for continued backing of Starmer.
In a statement, it said it would be “wrong and counterproductive” to launch a leadership contest though stopped short of giving the prime minister its personal endorsement.
