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Chair of parliamentary Labour party is asked to pass backbencher complaints about poor performance directly to leader
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Ed Balls and Douglas Alexander say there is legal question over the EU commission’s demand for backdated budget contribution
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Simon Hughes, who has responsibility for women’s prisons, criticises government policy as kneejerk and unsuccessful
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Alarm over loss of votes in Scotland and polling concerns prompt pledge to allow frontbenchers to ‘speak more freely’
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Former home secretary tells party: ‘When standing on a cliff, it is unwise to believe that by jumping you will learn to fly’
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Letters: I suggest Mr Rhys Jones sets his sights nearer home. He can find an equivalent mansion in the Marches for a quarter of London prices
Lady Brady joins a low-energy bunch