Labour members begin voting for Jeremy Corbyn’s successor
The membership are choosing between Sir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy.
The membership are choosing between Sir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy.
Lisa Nandy, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Sir Keir Starmer have nearly six weeks left to win votes.
The Labour leader also reflected on the general election loss, saying "Brexit was a chasm too great for us to cross".
The former PM said the party had ‘too often been a failure’ as a competitor at elections.
He admitted 2020 isn't 1997, saying Labour must "redefine what radical means".
Ian Murray, the only Labour MP in Scotland, said Long-Bailey has got the continuity attitude to Scotland which is completely wrong.
The shadow foreign secretary narrowly fails to get the constituency party nominations needed to make it onto the ballot paper.
The influential union joins GMB, Unison and Usdaw in backing the leadership candidate.
The leadership hopeful will argue the party needs to stick with the left-wing ideas brought in by Jeremy Corbyn.
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