TURMOIL in the Labour Party will not distract its representatives in Oxford from carrying on with their jobs, Bob Price has vowed.

The leader of Oxford City Council said councillors would keep focussed on delivering for people here despite an attempt by some MPs to force Jeremy Corbyn to quit as Labour leader.

More than a dozen shadow ministers quit their posts on Sunday and Monday in protest at Mr Corbyn's leadership and handling of the referendum campaign.

Mr Price said: "From a city council point of view it is business as usual.

"We have a very ambitious project to deliver.

"It will be for the Parliamentary Labour Party themselves to work out how this is resolved and the implications it will have for the wider party.

"As far as Oxford and Oxfordshire is concerned the Labour Party here was extremely active and engaged in the campaign for Remain."

Mr Price added the vote to leave the EU would also not have any short-term impact on the work of the city council.

He said: "In the longer run there may be an impact but we do not know what that might be."

Labour MP for Oxford East Andrew Smith failed to respond to requests for a comment.

Former Henley MP Boris Johnson could become leader of the Conservative Party sooner than expected after it was announced the race would be over by September 2.

The leadership election had been expected to last until October but yesterday the party's 1922 Committee of backbench MPs brought the date forward.