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| Labour leadership: Party makes legal checks over contest | Labour leadership: Party makes legal checks over contest |
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| The Labour Party has made legal checks to ensure its leadership contest is complying with the law and try to avoid challenges to the result. | |
| New regulations allow members of the public to sign up to vote as a "registered supporter" for £3. | New regulations allow members of the public to sign up to vote as a "registered supporter" for £3. |
| The contest has been plagued by concerns that members of other parties have tried to influence the outcome. | The contest has been plagued by concerns that members of other parties have tried to influence the outcome. |
| A spokeswoman for acting leader Harriet Harman rejected any suggestion of plans to halt or suspend the election. | A spokeswoman for acting leader Harriet Harman rejected any suggestion of plans to halt or suspend the election. |
| The spokeswoman said: "The party's focus is on making sure that the 2014 rules are fully complied with. | The spokeswoman said: "The party's focus is on making sure that the 2014 rules are fully complied with. |
| "We have taken legal advice to make sure that the rules are being complied with and that all due diligence as possible was being done. | "We have taken legal advice to make sure that the rules are being complied with and that all due diligence as possible was being done. |
| "But there were no plans to halt or suspend the contest. We keep a close eye on the process." | "But there were no plans to halt or suspend the contest. We keep a close eye on the process." |
| 'Tradition of support' | 'Tradition of support' |
| Meanwhile, Scotland's Daily Record has given its backing in the leadership race to left-winger Jeremy Corbyn. | |
| The newspaper's front-page endorsement comes a week after its sister paper - the Daily Mirror - backed Andy Burnham. | |
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| Mr Corbyn said: "I'm obviously pleased to have the backing of a paper that has such a long tradition of support for the Labour Party. | Mr Corbyn said: "I'm obviously pleased to have the backing of a paper that has such a long tradition of support for the Labour Party. |
| "I'm sure that, at least in part, this endorsement will have been made with Labour's future in Scotland in mind, which is important as Labour has a real need to reconnect with communities in Scotland if we are to succeed across the UK. | "I'm sure that, at least in part, this endorsement will have been made with Labour's future in Scotland in mind, which is important as Labour has a real need to reconnect with communities in Scotland if we are to succeed across the UK. |
| System criticised | System criticised |
| Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are battling against Mr Corbyn in the contest. | Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are battling against Mr Corbyn in the contest. |
| Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has faced calls to apologise for the voting system being used to elect his successor. | Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has faced calls to apologise for the voting system being used to elect his successor. |
| The move was overwhelmingly backed by a special Labour conference last year. | The move was overwhelmingly backed by a special Labour conference last year. |
| But backbench Labour MPs Simon Danczuk and Graham Stringer said the new system was too open to abuse. | But backbench Labour MPs Simon Danczuk and Graham Stringer said the new system was too open to abuse. |
| The result of the election will be announced at a special conference on September 12. | The result of the election will be announced at a special conference on September 12. |