David Evans said the party has spent too much time acting like a ‘gaggle on the ground’ rather than forming a ‘magnificent V-formation’.

Delegates at Labour’s annual conference are expected to debate economic policy, including cuts to winter fuel payments, on Monday.

The Princess Royal has laid a wreath and spoken with veterans at a service commemorating the soldiers who died during the Battle of Arnhem 80 years ago.

Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake has campaigned on a pro-working class and anti-elite platform, which has proven popular with young people.