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A focus group has rejected the Labour leadership frontrunners, instead saying that they could see Lisa Nandy or Emily Thornberry winning their vote in an election. Electors from the ex-Labour seat Birmingham Northfield who switched to Tory…
Since the start of this leadership contest, Labour members have been told it's a two horse race. Today it is clear that is no longer the case. Lisa Nandy's nomination by the GMB means she is a serious contender to lead our party, and that…
Large party-affiliated trade union GMB has nominated Lisa Nandy as its preferred choice in the Labour leadership contest – helping to broaden the field of candidates who get on the ballot paper. Announcing the fresh endorsement, GMB general…
If you still have these things called ‘weekends’, which have become strange and distant concepts for the LabourList team, there is a lot to catch up on. Rebecca Long-Bailey came out fighting on Friday evening, when she formally launched her…
Lisa Nandy has written to Jennie Formby and members of Labour's national executive committee (NEC) to call for a change in the format of the leadership hustings. The five candidates met in Liverpool on Saturday for the first of 12…
Exciting news: we have released the results of our leadership poll conducted by Survation. In the weighted survey of LabourList readers who are also party members, Rebecca Long-Bailey came out top with 42% of first preferences while Keir…
To get through the second stage of Labour's leadership election, the four candidates still in the running – Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry (as Jess Phillips has withdrawn) – can either pass through the…
Lisa Nandy has suggested that discussions on taxation must focus on "unearned wealth" and "polluters", rather than just on high incomes. Speaking to Andrew Neil in a BBC interview, the leadership hopeful answered a series of questions about…
Labour's leadership race appears to be narrowing with Rebecca Long-Bailey coming out just ahead of her opponents on the basis of first preferences in a new poll of party members – with Keir Starmer close behind. Long-Bailey, who is on the…
Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy has issued a strong defence of free movement in a key speech at the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce this afternoon. Jeremy Corbyn's party included a commitment to end freedom of…
The second stage of Labour’s leadership elections begins today. All ten candidates – five in each race – will be seeking local party and affiliate group nominations as the window for these endorsements has now opened. If you’ve forgotten…
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has backed the Labour leadership bid of candidate and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy in a fresh boost for her campaign. It had been thought by some that the NUM nomination could go to Rebecca Long-Bailey, often…
