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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Twenty Labour councillors quit party in protest at leadership

Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer, the Labour leader. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images

Twenty Labour councillors from Lancashire have resigned in protest at the party’s national leadership.

They have claimed that Labour “wants to control anything that any councillor wants to say” and have suggested its selection processes are unfair.

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