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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Andy Burnham has today launched his manifesto for the party leadership - unsurprisingly it's called "Aspirational Socialism" - and it's a weighty document. At thirty pages long, it would seem to be an…
By Mark Ferguson and Jon Newton As we know from the topline results of our latest readers' survey, published last week, Ed Miliband appears to have the momentum, and there's also good news for Andy Burnham. But below those numbers, there is…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * A report from Demos suggests that Labour lost the election in part over immigration. * Andy Burnham attacks party "elites". * Ed Miliband urges unhappy Lib Dems to defect to Labour. * And he's been…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk In a blog on her website tonight, Oona King has announced that she's backing Ed Miliband for leader. Breaking the semi-silence that she has maintained throughout the campaign (saying only that she was…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk A furious Saturday of campaigning today, with one candidate picking up support at the expense of two rival candidates, rumours spreading over the political future of Charles Kennedy, and the Burnham…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Three of the candidates are still in Scotland today, perhaps with one eye on the Edinburgh East primary that closes tonight at midnight. Or perhaps they're all planning on visiting the fringe festival…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * John Prescott says Labour are £20 million in debt as he makes his pitch to be party treasurer. * Meanwhile the latest Tory treasurer has quit. * Gordon Brown urges improved assistance for Pakistan in…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk A Scottish themed day in the race today, with three of the five candidates campaigning north of the border today, on a day of meetings, a funeral and exam results. Last night, DIANE ABBOTT attended a…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * Labour figures have slammed the Tories over plans to review universal benefits. * Ed Miliband has ruled out a future coalition with Nick Clegg, should be become leader. * John Kampfner says Labour needs…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Another busy day in the race today, as the candidates ramp up their media presence ahead of ballot papers being distributed in two weeks time. ED BALLS was back on the campaign trail, and his campaign…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk * The BBC take a look at the first 100 days of the coalition. * The Guardian canvasses opinion on what Cameronism is... * Kevin Maguire says that the government is trying to "out-Thatcher Maggie". * David…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk A much busier day in the leadership race today, as a real sense of life returns to the race. All of the campaigns have been active in one way or another today - including the campaign of the only candidate…
