There have been rumblings of disquiet for some time, but a co-ordinated revolt by Labour’s centre left is under way. And it could save the Government.

This past weekend in the Ministry of Sound nightclub, the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and former minister Louise Haigh opened and closed the conference of progressive pressure group Compass. Haigh called for an “economic reset” and Burnham criticised the party leadership for “too much timidity and factionalism”.

Their critiques were not limited to specific gripes like cuts to winter fuel payments, failures on child poverty or the proposed cuts to disability benefits, but were a wide-ranging critique of the approach of

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