Politics

The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) said elevating Goldsmith to the Lords would send the message that the upper chamber is an “absurd insurance policy” for MPs who lose their seats.

Johnson may also ditch the Brexit protection for workers’ rights and environment he promised.

Members will play a decisive role in deciding the future direction of the party, as the leadership race starts to heat up.

Nicky Morgan joked that leaving the Cabinet is ‘harder than leaving the EU’.

Ashton-under-Lyne MP Ms Rayner is expected to run as the party’s deputy leader.Rebecca Long Bailey, the shadow business secretary – a protege of shadow chancellor John McDonnell – has long been seen as the favourite of the left to succeed Mr Corbyn. Richard Burgon through his weight behind her on the weekend too.

The Prime Minister is set to bring his Brexit Bill back to the House of Commons this week, but Downing Street is suggesting that Johnson is no longer bound to pledges he made to MPs in October when he was persuading them to vote for his Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

"You can’t just go round making things up. Whatever our differences, let’s not sink into that gutter."

The Prime Minister will meet more than 100 newly-elected colleagues at Westminster.

John McDonnell and Richard Burgon have both thrown their weight behind the shadow business secretary.