Momentum steering group backs Rebecca Long-Bailey as Labour leader
The left wing campaign group also said Angela Rayner should become the party’s deputy.
The left wing campaign group also said Angela Rayner should become the party’s deputy.
Ahead of the debate, Labour’s Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer and Lord Alf Dubs, who fled from the Nazis on the Kindertransport to Britain when he was aged six, wrote to all Tory MPs calling on them to vote against the Boris Johnson’s “disgraceful” abandonment of the ‘Dubs' children.
The shadow Treasury minister said it was the party’s job to explain to voters its quest for better conditions was not a ‘mad socialist perspective’.
Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips all secured the 22 MP and MEP nominations required to continue.
Just 24 hours ago, the Wigan MP was a middle of the road 10/1 shot to become the next Labour leader - but those odds have been slashed into 5/1.
The move could damage support for Rebecca Long-Bailey, who has tried to position herself as the standard bearer for the left.
Columnist Allison Pearson described her as the love child of the Roswell alien and Mrs Merton.
Opposition MPs warned of ‘tragic consequences’ for lone youngsters as Tories blocked a bid to enshrine child refugee rights in Brexit agreement
Six candidates – Rebecca Long-Bailey, Sir Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Clive Lewis – are seeking to lead the party.
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