Jon Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, commenting on Jackie Doyle-Price’s article for Conservative Home, said:

“Even David Cameron’s own MPs are now admitting his Government is out of touch and run by an old boys’ network.

“Once again we are seeing the Tories fighting like ferrets in a sack rather than taking action to tackle the cost-of-living crisis facing hardworking people.

"The Tories are obsessed about the leadership of their party post 2015 because they know the current leadership has let down the country. Families are £1,600 a year worse off and yet the Tories are too busy attacking each other to provide any solutions.”