Shortly before 10am on 28 July – less than a month after Labour’s victory in the general election – a series of posts bearing the same, neat, parliamentary letter began to appear on X. Shared from the accounts of a cohort of Labour MPs – some old hands, but mostly new blood – the letter announced the creation of a new back-bench caucus: the Labour Growth Group.
Signed by some 54 MPs (although sources say the WhatsApp group now has upwards of 60 members), the letter said it is “imperative that the new government grasps the nettle and goes for growth”. It warned “failure to act will not be forgiven by the public” and urged Keir Starmer and his team to make good on their promise to grow the economy.
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