The Labour party conference has entered one of its final days and as the time ticks on, politicians are finding it a little harder to keep their frustrations to themselves. The mood in Liverpool has felt rather glum as poll after poll suggests that the party of government is becoming even more unpopular despite winning a landslide victory last summer. This morning, chief secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones opened up about some his gripes…

Speaking at a fringe event at the party conference, Jones admitted that Labour’s progress had been too ‘sluggish’. The former Treasury man confessed his frustration with his new job in No. 10 – and the pace of change of delivery. ‘Yeah,’ he agreed about his irritation, ‘the machine is too slow. It is still too slow and we’ve got to fix it.’ Talk

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