Sir Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party suffered a blow on Monday night after one of his top team resigned during the party conference in what appeared to be an attempt by the hard Left to undermine him.

Andy McDonald, Sir Keir's shadow secretary of state for employment rights and pensions, said his position had become "untenable" after the Labour leader asked him to oppose an increase of the minimum wage to £15.

Mr McDonald was one of the few remaining Corbynite members of the shadow cabinet and is said to have become angry with the leadership over proposed rule changes that would have made it more difficult for the party to elect a Left-wing leader.

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