11 h. ago Bridget Phillipson sets her sights on Labour beating Reform and WINNING the next election as she launches deputy leadership campaign

The Education Secretary kicked off her campaign in her home town of Sunderland seeking to reunify the fractious party after the resignation of Angela Rayner.

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14 h. ago Phillipson urges Labour members to look ahead at launch of deputy leadership bid

The Education Secretary is up against her former Cabinet colleague Lucy Powell for the role.

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4 d. ago Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell set to face off in Labour deputy leader contest

The education secretary is first to get the 80 MP signatures needed for her nomination, but sacked former Commons leader Lucy Powell is just three short with 24 hours before the final deadline

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5 d. ago It's proxy war! Starmer loyalist Bridget Phillipson enters Labour deputy leader battle... setting up potential clash with Andy Burnham ally Lucy Powell

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson confirmed she is running to replace Angela Rayner and 'unite our great party'.

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6 d. ago UK politics live: Labour to launch deputy leadership race after Starmer completes cabinet reshuffle

Labour’s national executive meeting to draw up plans for contest today

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6 d. ago Labour to launch deputy leadership contest after Rayner’s departure

Process will give party’s leftwing an opportunity to air its discontent with Keir Starmer

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6 d. ago Labour launches deputy leadership contest after Rayner’s departure

Party’s leftwing will have opportunity to air its discontent with Prime Minister Keir Starmer

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1 week ago Keir Starmer’s legacy could be electoral reform – or Farage as prime minister | Polly Toynbee

MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UKWake up to the peril. As MPs return to parliament, they should abandon that self-deluding pretence that it could never happen here in our “moderate” and “tolerant” land. On the contrary, Britain is at more risk of a populist right takeover than many of our European neighbours. With Labour in an electoral slough of despond, and the Tories looking dead already, the reptilian grin of Nigel Farage haunts the political landscape after his satisfactory summer spent stoking division and cynicism.Our first past the post (FPTP) elections make us particularly vulnerable. As Rob Ford, professor of politics at Manchester University, notes: “This is now a Farage-friendly electoral system.” Reform UK has reached the tipping point where winning as little as 30% support in our corkscrewed lottery of a voting system could propel him into No 10, however much that ...

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2 w. ago Reform council accused of ‘massive attack on local democracy’ after Nottingham Post ban

The editor of the Nottingham Post said the move was a ‘worrying sign of potentially things to come if Reform wins the next election’

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage accused of ‘ripping up’ human rights laws after unveiling plans for mass deportations

Farage announces policies to deport 600,000 aslyum seekers, including women and children, if Reform UK wins the next electionFarage said the mood around the country is a mix of “total despair” and “rising anger”. Without significant action from the government then he sad he fears the anger “will grow”.Farage said:In fact, I think there is now, as a result of this, a genuine threat to public order and that is the very last thing that we want. And I have been saying of course for a long time that it is a growing threat to our national security. Continue reading...

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