Lower the MIR to £23.000 (Lower MIR to NMW)

BREAKING We have hit the symbolic 81 MPs publicly calling for Keir Starmer to go What is striking is the fact that they hail from ***all wings** of the party - about a third are centrists, 16 are from the hard left and around 30 from the soft left It is just symbolic - given the differences of opinion about the timetable the chances of them coalescing around a single candidate are relatively low - but it is a moment Louise Haigh, Sheffield Heeley Anneliese Midgley, Knowsley Sarah Owen, Luton North Connor Naismith, Crewe and Nantwich David Baines, St Helens North Simon Opher, Stroud Ruth Jones, Newport West and Islwyn Clive Lewis, Norwich South Richard Burgon, Leeds East Olivia Blake, Sheffield Hallam Jon Trickett, Normanton and Hemsworth Graham Stringer, Blackley and Middleton South Apsana Begum, Poplar and Limehouse Nadia Whittome, Nottingham East Ian Lavery, Blyth and Ashington Jonathan Brash, Hartlepool Kim Johnson, Liverpool Riverside Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree Peter Lamb, Crawley Kate Osborne, Jarrow and Gateshead East Andy McDonald, Middlesbrough and Thornaby East Abtisam Mohamed, Sheffield Central Catherine West, Hornsey and Friern Barnet Clive Betts, Sheffield South East Debbie Abrahams, Oldham East and Saddleworth Tony Vaughan, Folkestone and Hythe Neil Duncan-Jordan, Poole Chris Hinchliff, North East Hertfordshire Barry Gardiner, Brent West Ian Byrne, Liverpool West Derby Beccy Cooper, Worthing West Justin Madders, Ellesmere Port and Bromborough Terry Jermy, South West Norfolk Imran Hussain, Bradford East Josh Simons, Makerfield Brian Leishman, Alloa and Grangemouth Anna Dixon, Shipley Euan Stainbank, Falkirk Irene Campbell, North Ayrshire and Arran Rachael Maskell, York Central Paulette Hamilton, Birmingham Erdington David Smith, North Northumberland Navendu Mishra, Stockport Cat Eccles, Stourbridge Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Clapham and Brixton Hill Markus Campbell-Savours, Penrith and Solway Chris Curtis, Milton Keynes North Luke Myer, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Alan Gemmell, Central Ayrshire Catherine McKinnell, Newcastle upon Tyne North Lorraine Beavers, Blackpool North and Fleetwood Fred Thomas, Plymouth Moor View Paul Davies, Colne Valley Sarah Smith, Hyndburn Jas Athwal, Ilford South Jo Platt, Leigh and Atherton Tonia Antoniazzi, Gower Alex Ballinger, Halesowen Sally Jameson, Doncaster Central Tom Rutland, East Worthing and Shoreham Joe Morris, Hexham Sam Carling, North West Cambridgeshire Naushabah Khan, Gillingham and Rainham Lee Pitcher, Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme Yuan Yang, Earley and Woodley Rachel Taylor, North Warwickshire and Bedworth Melanie Ward, Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy Alex McIntyre, Gloucester Ben Goldsborough, South Norfolk Charlotte Nichols, Warrington North Mary Kelly Foy, City of Durham Matt Bishop, Forest of Dean Maureen Burke, Glasgow North East Beccy Cooper, Worthing West Sarah Hall, Warrington South Gordon McKee, Glasgow South Tahir Ali, Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley Richard Baker, Glenrothes and Mid Fife James Asser, West Ham and Beckton Miatta Fahnbulleh, Peckham Paul Foster, South Ribble

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer has appointed new Ministerial aides to replace the ones who resigned: David Burton-Sampson – Department for Health and Social Care Linsey Farnsworth MP – Ministry of Justice Jayne Kirkham MP – Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Michael Payne MP – Home Office Tim Roca MP – Department for Work and Pensions Sean Woodcock MP – Cabinet Office