A senior member of Labour's shadow cabinet has refused to say they believe Jeremy Corbyn should lead Labour into 2020 election.
Angela Eagle, the shadow business secretary, twice refused to categorically state that Mr Corbyn should remain leader during an appearance the BBC's Andrew Marr this morning.
Asked if she would endorse Mr Corbyn as the leader of the party in 2020, Miss Eagle said the party had its leader and it was her "job to work with the leader we've got."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
It comes as the Labour leader insists he is "not going anywhere" as he prepares to mark his first 100 days at the helm of the party.
The senior Labour politician said she believed there would be a female leader at some stage, but that the party's leader was "three month standing" and their job now was now to" take the fight to the Conservatives."
Miss Eagle said: "We have our leader, my job, I'm chair of the National Policy Forum, it's my job to try to get us into a position where we can have a long, hard look at why we lost, we've lost two elections.
"We've got to remake our approach to the British people and we've got to come up with forward-looking policies that are all about hope, ambition and aspiration for that challenge in 2020."
In an interview with the Sunday Times, Mr Corbyn said people should not "obsess" about him but rather put their talents to work for the party.
Angela Eagle MP
Angela Eagle MPAsked if he expected to lead the opposition in the 2020 general election campaign, he said: "Absolutely. I'm not going anywhere."
He urged MPs to "recognise" the scale of grassroots support that swept him to a surprise landslide victory in the election contest and denied critics were being targeted by a "mob" of Corbynite backers.
Mr Corbyn told the paper: “They should recognise that I was elected with a very large mandate from a very wide variety of people from all parts of the movement.
George Osborne, the Chancellor, and Angela Eagle, the Shadow Business Secretary.
George Osborne, the Chancellor, and Angela Eagle, the Shadow Business Secretary.
"There is no imposition of any mob. What there is is a development of participatory democracy.
"The parliamentary party is a part of the party, a very important part, but it is not the totality of the Labour party.”
Asked if there were plans to sack his critics in a “revenge reshuffle”, Mr Corbyn said: “There will be appointments when appointments are made,” he said.
Miss Eagle told the BBC: "I'm not going to speculate about any future kind of reshuffle that Jeremy will have."
Mr Corbyn was undermined last week after Labour backbenchers praised Miss Eagle PMQ's performance, when she went head-to-head with George Osborne for the first time.
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