PARTY unity must be put on hold to have an “honest” post-election debate, a member of Labour’s post-election “truth and reconciliation” committee said yesterday. 

Islington councillor Alice Perry is part of the 11-member “learning the lessons from defeat” task force appointed by acting leader Harriet Harman on Sunday.

The Labour national executive member said that the Tories’ “disgraceful” attacks on human and trade union rights must be properly challenged in Parliament. But she told the Star: “We need to have an open debate in the party — I want people to be honest in their contributions.