CULTURE SECRETARY Lisa Nandy slammed Labour briefings as “dripping with misogyny” after PM Sir Keir Starmer was urged to appoint a woman as his de facto deputy in government.

Women in the party had been targeted anonymously by men and “all of us” have a responsibility to “call it out,” said the minister after the PM held talks with female Labour parliamentarians on Wednesday.

At the meeting, former deputy leader Baroness Harriet Harman suggested he revive the post of first secretary of state, which functions as a de facto deputy PM, and task the appointee with tackling misogyny and the marginalisation of women.

Ms Nandy told Times Radio: “I think politics does often operate as a boys’ club and I don’t think that the Labour Party is immune to that.

“This culture of allowing anonymous briefings to continue, whether they come from inside the Prime Minister’s office, or our offices or anywhere else, we’ve all got a responsibility to stamp that out.”