Robert Kitchin/Stuff Labour has welcomed 23 new MPs to create a bulging caucus, but with more MPs comes more risk of something going wrong. While his 10-person caucus is smaller than Labour's, he doesn't have the same party apparatus and cohesion as the Labour Party. Dyson said the whips team presented a strong face. ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Former senior whip Ruth Dyson says the whips team presents a strong face. Jones said having a large caucus gave Labour more to draw from to stope the second-term government from going stale.

Source: Stuff January 24, 2021 22:02 UTC