JOHN McDONNELL warned yesterday that some Labour MPs are prepared to destroy the party in their campaign to remove democratically elected leader Jeremy Corbyn. 

The shadow chancellor said a “small group” of MPs opposed to Mr Corbyn’s leadership from the start and the anonymously run Saving Labour were intent on creating a split.

He spoke out after former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra accused one of Mr Corbyn and Mr McDonnell’s aides of breaking into her office.