Labour deputy leader election candidates: Who are the candidates standing?
A total of six Labour MPs so far have declared their intention to run.
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Andy Burnham says next deputy leader of Labour Party must be someone who can ‘root themselves in the mainstream, the heartbeat of the party’
“We need to listen to our MPs more, respect them more and I hope this deputy leadership contest will open up a debate about that whole approach to running the PLP and the Labour Party.”
Keir Starmer pledges there will be ‘no rowing back’ on the Employment Rights Bill
The Prime Minister’s official spokesperson also said: “We are absolutely backing the Employment Rights Bill.”
Bridget Phillipson becomes first cabinet minister to announce bid for Labour deputy leadership
‘I’ve taken on powerful vested interests in the education sector – and even as they threw everything at me, I have never taken a backwards step. I will bring that same determination to every battle ahead of us.’
Nigel Farage says he’s ‘not inclined’ to publish tax return amid stamp duty questions
“Farage was happy for everyone to know about Rayners finances. But why is he secretive about his own… ?”
The early runners and riders for Labour’s Deputy Leader
Candidates would then need to seek local party and union/affiliate nominations between Sept. 13-27 followed by a ballot of members from Oct. 8-23. That is the timetable being put before the NEC.
Labour insiders set up new centre-left group backed by Andy Burnham to change party’s direction
The aim of Mainstream, the group says is to ‘develop and champion a popular left alternative’.
Reform MP Sarah Pochin puts her foot in it (again) with comments about female police officers
The comments provoked backlash, including from former Merseyside police chief constable Serena Kennedy.
‘A proud trade unionist and a tireless advocate for working people’: Tributes paid to Angela Rayner after resignation
‘Angela Rayner has achieved more in the last year than most politicians achieve in a lifetime – a trailblazer for working class kids from backgrounds like ours.’
Breaking: Nigel Farage has said Reform would make ‘serious cuts’ to the UK’s welfare budget
Farage claims to be ‘for British people’, but has already said he would cut the welfare system if Reform wins the next election