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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Lynch

Labour woman leader ‘long overdue’, Lisa Nandy says, as she calls contest speculation 'froth and nonsense'

A woman leader of the Labour Party is “long overdue”, Lisa Nandy said, expressing frustration that those jostling to oust Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer are all men.

But the Culture Secretary also warned Labour against turning inwards, and said the public had been “completely” cut out of the conversation over the last week amid rumours of a leadership challenge.

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