The fight for who will replace Angela Rayner as deputy leader of the Labour Party intensified today as six candidates confirmed they were in the race - and the first poll revealed the frontrunner.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, seen as Keir Starmer’s preferred candidate, joins Commons Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Dame Emily Thornberry, backbench MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Liverpool Wavertree MP Paula Barker, housing minister Alison McGovern and Lucy Powell, who was sacked as leader of the Commons last week, in the contest.
