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Labour MPs including Jeremy Corbyn met with the party leader to voice their objectionsJeremy Corbyn was among a group of leftwing Labour MPs who met Keir Starmer on Friday morning to express their concerns about the sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey, the Guardian understands.Starmer is facing a backlash from Labour leftwingers after abruptly removing Long-Bailey from her post as shadow education secretary on Thursday. Continue...

Swift decision by Keir Starmer is praised by Jewish groups but condemned by Labour leftRebecca Long-Bailey sacked from shadow cabinet – updatesKeir Starmer is facing a showdown with the left of Labour after his ruthless sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey reignited the party’s internal turmoil over the issue of antisemitism.In a swift and decisive move, Long-Bailey was summarily dismissed as shadow education secretary for sending...

Frontrunner on 53% ahead of Rebecca Long-Bailey on 31% and Lisa Nandy on 16%Keir Starmer has been predicted to win the Labour leadership contest in the first round with more than 50% of the vote, according to a poll by YouGov and Sky News.The frontrunner’s campaign was given a boost by the poll, which is the first to sample trade unionists and registered supporters...

Labour leadership frontrunner launches campaign pledging to end ‘gentlemen’s club of politics’ Rebecca Long-Bailey has expanded on her aim to replace the House of Lords, saying she would instead have an elected senate, based outside of London, if she were to win the Labour leadership and then a general election.On Friday night, launching her bid for Labour leader, in front of a crowd of...

Shadow business secretary pledges in Guardian article to pursue ‘progressive patriotism’We can take the Labour party back into power. Here’s howRebecca Long-Bailey has made her opening pitch for the Labour leadership, avoiding any direct criticism of Jeremy Corbyn but implicitly offering an alternative approach by promising to champion “progressive patriotism”.In her first substantive comments on the election result, the party’s worst in terms of...