Labour staffers are planning a bid for industrial action if Corbyn's top aides are still in place in the new year.



Party staffers are furious that some of Corbyn's closest allies — including communications director Seumas Milne and Karie Murphy, who was seconded from the leader's office to HQ to oversee the general election campaign — are still in place.

Under the proposed timetable to replace Corbyn, a new leader would not be in place until the end of March, and party employees believe this means his staff will also stay on the payroll for another three months.

Critics have suggested that the timetable has been designed to ensure that the hard left have sufficient time to line up a successor for Corbyn.