A FORMER Worcester City Council leader has made an impassioned plea to move on from the Jeremy Corbyn infighting - with the left-winger widely expected to become new Labour leader tomorrow.

Councillor Adrian Gregson has urged his party to stop four months of bitter internal feuding, saying whatever the outcome "the division can and must end".

The intervention comes as a former Worcester MP penned an article for a national magazine which appeared to take another veiled swipe at Mr Corbyn.

Mike Foster, who was the city's first and only ever Labour parliamentarian from 1997 to 2010, has written a piece for Progress, a publication affiliated to the party, warning against "ignoring" the so-called aspirational Worcester woman.

In his piece, Mr Foster said the voters the party must win back need a leader "with credibility that what is promised will be delivered".

He also mentioned some discussions he'd had recently with women at Warndon's Lyppard Hub, as part of a Radio 5 Live piece on the current leadership contest, saying they want parties to "reflect their aspirations", particularly on the economy.

Last month we revealed how Mr Foster contacted members of Worcester Labour Party to urge them to vote 'ABC - Anyone But Corbyn'.

Most Labour MPs expect Mr Corbyn to win tomorrow, with Liz Kendall already conceding defeat, while Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham are said to harbour only outside hopes of an upset, in the event Mr Corbyn fails to get 50 per cent of the first preference votes and fails at the second preference stage.

Councillor Gregson, who leads the city's Labour group, said: "The decision of what has been quite an unprecedented vote has to be respected and supported by everyone.

"Any leadership contest provokes argument and it can cause division, but that division can and must end.

"It's frustrating because while we've been doing this the Conservative Party has been dismantling the welfare state, society and our culture as we know it.

"We've got heaps of problems in Worcester and Worcestershire as a result of the Government and we've got to get on top of it."

He added: "I don't think I've ever voted for a leadership candidate who ended up being successful, but no-one can question the fact I've always committed to supporting that (person who becomes) leader."

If Mr Corbyn does win some of the party's most senior figures face the agonising decision over the coming days over whether to serve in his shadow cabinet.

Prime Minister David Cameron is delivering a speech this afternoon claiming Labour is now "arguing at the extreme sides of the debate", saying it poses "a clear threat to the financial security of every family in Britain" under the potential leadership of Mr Corbyn.

The new Labour leader will be revealed at the party's special conference at around midday tomorrow, as well as the new deputy leader role, with Black Country MP Tom Watson in the driving seat.