Three weeks ago, Sir Keir Starmer’s successful conference performance appeared to have settled some nerves within the Labour Party, and renewed MPs’ hopes that it might avoid heading straight for any more squalls in the immediate future.

Yet if the waters look calmer now, there are still undercurrents. Backbench MPs are compiling a list of complaints to take to No 10.

“There are several barnacles that are stopping the ship from moving forward properly. One is digital IDs, one is the two-child benefit cap , one is the farmers’ inheritance tax, and the other is the plan to slash affordable housing,” a Labour MP told The i Paper .

On Thursday, Housing Secretary Steve Reed is expected to host a Zoom call with Labour MPs to explain why the requirement for developers to provide affordab

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