In a significant intervention, Lucy Powell said Labour members would take 'a very dim view' of a leadership challenge as the PM deals with ongoing global turmoil.
Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, branded the Energy Secretary's ban on new oil and gas exploration off Britain's coastline as an 'act of self-harm'.
Sharon Graham, the Unite general secretary, said Labour was not prepared for an 'angry' backlash from voters in contests across England, Scotland and Wales.
In the most perilous moment yet of his premiership, Labour 's defeat at the Gorton and Denton by-election shows the party has entered an 'electoral Valley of Death'.