Trade unions representing Labour Party staff have written to all the candidates for leader and deputy leader to ask them to back calls for any staff shake-up to be delayed until Jeremy Corbyn's sucessor is elected.
In an email sent to all the candidates campaign team, seen by the Mirror, staff from the GMB and Unite branches of Labour staff criticised reported bids by Corbyn allies to embed staff sympathetic to Mr Corbyn's politics in permanent staff jobs.
Reports today - not denied by Labour HQ - say that the party's General Secretary Jennie Formby, a key ally of Jeremy Corbyn , is planning a major shake-up of party structures before he leaves as leader.
But in an email to campaign teams Jo McIntyre of Unite and Paul Upex of the GMB told candidates: "It would be a mistake for the party to undertake any steps towards reorganisation of the party until a new leader and deputy leader are in place."
They called on the leadership candidates to back a statment that said a "thorough review should be the duty of the next leadership team when a full and frank debate has taken place."
The reported plans would embed 'Corbynism' in the party by slashing the analytics and elections teams at Labour HQ and ripping up the system of regional organisers.
A Labour insider told the Mirror: “The architects of the worst election defeat in 85 years are now hellbent on destroying the the Labour Party. Voters, members and staff deserve to be led by lions not donkeys.”
One insider accused Ms Formby and fellow Corbyn ally Karie Murphy of wanting to "burn the house down" while another said: "It’s a clear scorched earth policy and would mean irredeemable change for the party."
A Labour source insisted "organisational review is common after a general election .
"It would be inaccurate to report that anything has been decided.
"Any staffing or structural changes would be subject to consultation with the relevant trade unions."
