Keir Starmer has admitted to having “huge disagreements” with his deputy Angela Rayner, three days after she called the Conservatives “scum”.
Speaking at the party conference on Saturday, Ms Rayner described the Tories as “homophobic, racist, misogynist...scum”. She later refused to apologise for the comments.
The Labour leader has sought to distance himself from her remarks. He told Sky News that he would not have used such language, before saying the pair have “huge agreements and disagreements”.
Meanwhile, the bakers’ union has decided to split from the party after working with it for almost 120 years.
Explaining the decision, the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union blamed Mr Starmer, citing “a factional internal war led by the leadership”.
“The decision taken by delegates who predominantly live in what’s regarded as Labour red wall seats shows how far the Labour party has travelled away from the aims and hopes of working class organisations like ours,” it said in a statement.
This comes the day after Andy McDonald, a friend of Jeremy Corbyn, resigned from the shadow cabinet over Mr Starmer’s refusal to support raising the minimum wage to £15 per hour.
