The Labour Party is facing further turmoil after John McDonnell and Tom Watson publicly clashed over an alleged plot for Momentum to gain more influence within the party.

The party's deputy leader, Tom Watson, urged his leader to "deal with" Corbyn-backing Momentum supporters who are plotting to take control of the party by joining forces with the Unite trade union if Len McCluskey wins its general secretaryship.

Shadow chancellor McDonnell responded by saying that Watson should stop "interfering" in the Unite union's leadership contest.

Such infighting shows how the party is nowhere near to reconciling the divides that festered in the party during last year's leadership election - and the latest polling from YouGov, conducted at the start of this month, confirms just this.

There are deep divisions over whether Corbyn is doing a good job

Despite polling showing that even those that voted Labour in the 2015 General Election have an unfavourable view of Corbyn, there is a core group in Labour - bolstered by new entries into the party - that are able to keep him in as leader.

Among those that backed Corbyn in last year's leadership election against Owen Smith, four out of five think he is doing very or fairly well. This compares to 93 per cent of Smith voters who think he is doing badly.