Purging the left has been one of Keir Starmer’s main goals since his election as leader four years ago. His team has taken the whip off Jeremy Corbyn, junked much of the party’s 2019 manifesto and moved to block left-wingers on Labour’s National Executive Committee as part of their bid to show that the party
The Labour Party’s “ming vase” strategy will not last into the general election, a Cabinet minister has claimed after a day of heavy local election losses for the Conservatives and broad gains for the opposition.