Some 13 barons sit on the party's powerful National Executive Committee, including the boss of the rail union that last week called strikes just 48 hours after being offered a 14.25 per cent pay hike.
Keir Starmer was last night facing fresh questions about the influence of union barons over his Government as analysis showed they account for a third of Labour 's governing body.
Critics last night suggested it was a potential 'conflict of interest' for the Prime Minister because he sits around the NEC table with those they are negotiating with on behalf of taxpayers They said it may also explain why the Prime Minister has been willing to sign off inflation-busting public sector pay hikes with no strings attached.
Former Tory minister Sir John Hayes said: 'Any ministers that sit on the NEC must be very careful about a conflict of interest because, if they're sitting alongside the people they're in negotiation with over wages and terms and conditions, it makes it extremely difficult for them to be impartial.Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: 'We now see who Labour really are, which is not some sort of Blairite party.
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