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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Labour must reunite progressive voters to win the next election, says Lucy Powell

Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell won the race to be deputy leader last year with a warning that Labour was losing the fight to be heard. Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian

Labour must “reunite the progressive voter coalition” if it is to take advantage of a split on the right and win the next election, the party’s deputy leader has said.

Lucy Powell, who won the race to be deputy leader 12 months ago with a warning that Labour was losing the fight to be heard as Reform UK surged, said the government now had a second chance under Andy Burnham.

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