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Labour’s current leadership races are being conducted according to rules that have never been used before. Back in 2015, things were simpler: to secure a place on the ballot paper, Jeremy Corbyn needed 15% of MPs and MEPs to nominate him…
Keir Starmer has become the first Labour leadership candidate to secure a place on the ballot paper, today reaching the threshold for affiliate nominations with the fresh backing of trade union Usdaw. 15 executive members of Labour's fourth…
Jess Phillips has reopened the row over Rebecca Long-Bailey's position on abortion, saying she does not agree with the rival Labour leadership candidate on the issue. Taking part in a Mumsnet webchat today, Phillips gave her thoughts on a…
Ridge on Sunday Ridge interviewed leadership candidate Jess Phillips, who talked about Labour's election defeat, her candidacy for leader and whether the next leader should be a woman. On why people rejected Labour at the last election…
Labour Party members have been left uncertain over leadership candidate Keir Starmer's stance on The Sun newspaper after an interview this afternoon. At the first of the leadership hustings events in Liverpool this morning, the candidate…
Below is the full text of Emily Thornberry's speech this evening in Guildford as she launched her campaign to be the next leader of the Labour Party. My dear friends, I’m so glad to be back in Guildford today, seeing so many local activists…
“It is amazing to be considered a right-winger. It makes me laugh, if I were to be perfectly honest,” Jess Phillips replies when I suggest that many Labour members would describe her as a Blairite. Although she left the party under Tony…
Nine local parties have already nominated their preferred candidates for leader and deputy. As it stands, Keir Starmer has the backing of six CLPs, while Rebecca Long-Bailey has won in three. In the deputy contest, Angela Rayner is on five…
The left-wing Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union (BFAWU) has decided to support Rebecca Long-Bailey for the Labour leadership and Richard Burgon in the deputy race. The nominations will help both of the candidates secure places on their…
The British state needs a "seismic shock" and power should be devolved out of Westminster to "where it belongs", Rebecca Long-Bailey will declare at her leadership campaign launch. Speaking at her event in Manchester on Friday evening, the…
