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| Labour MP quits party review group over leadership disagreement | Labour MP quits party review group over leadership disagreement |
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| The chairwoman of a Labour pressure group has resigned from a party policy review group because she feels it is impossible to work with the leadership. | The chairwoman of a Labour pressure group has resigned from a party policy review group because she feels it is impossible to work with the leadership. |
| Alison McGovern told the BBC the shadow chancellor had suggested the group she chairs, Progress, co-ordinated the resignation of three shadow ministers. | Alison McGovern told the BBC the shadow chancellor had suggested the group she chairs, Progress, co-ordinated the resignation of three shadow ministers. |
| John McDonnell also accused Progress of having a "hard-right agenda", Ms McGovern said. | John McDonnell also accused Progress of having a "hard-right agenda", Ms McGovern said. |
| Labour said the review she said she was quitting had not yet been launched. | |
| 'Backed into corner' | 'Backed into corner' |
| Ms McGovern's resignation comes after junior shadow ministers Jonathan Reynolds, Stephen Doughty, and Kevan Jones quit on Wednesday in protest at Labour's reshuffle this week. | Ms McGovern's resignation comes after junior shadow ministers Jonathan Reynolds, Stephen Doughty, and Kevan Jones quit on Wednesday in protest at Labour's reshuffle this week. |
| The resignation of Mr Doughty on BBC Two's Daily Politics led to an official complaint from Labour, who accused the BBC of orchestrating the resignation for maximum "political impact" - something the BBC denies. | The resignation of Mr Doughty on BBC Two's Daily Politics led to an official complaint from Labour, who accused the BBC of orchestrating the resignation for maximum "political impact" - something the BBC denies. |
| Ms McGovern, the Wirrall South MP, said Mr McDonnell had asked her to take part in the Labour's policy review on child poverty and combating inequality. | Ms McGovern, the Wirrall South MP, said Mr McDonnell had asked her to take part in the Labour's policy review on child poverty and combating inequality. |
| The pair were due to meet for the second time to discuss the subject on Wednesday, but Ms McGovern claims Mr McDonnell was late because he was making media appearances. | The pair were due to meet for the second time to discuss the subject on Wednesday, but Ms McGovern claims Mr McDonnell was late because he was making media appearances. |
| She told BBC's Sunday Politics: "So I'm there waiting to meet him to talk about it and all the while he'd gone to the TV studio to call the organisation that I am chair of 'hard-right Conservative', of having a hard-right Conservative agenda. That's not OK." | She told BBC's Sunday Politics: "So I'm there waiting to meet him to talk about it and all the while he'd gone to the TV studio to call the organisation that I am chair of 'hard-right Conservative', of having a hard-right Conservative agenda. That's not OK." |
| "We are all Labour members and we believe in having a Labour government - that's what we are, nothing more nothing less. | "We are all Labour members and we believe in having a Labour government - that's what we are, nothing more nothing less. |
| "And, as I say, I don't want to be on the telly talking about this but I have been backed into a corner and I have got no other choice now but to stand up and say 'this is who we are' and we should just get on with the business of getting a Labour government." | "And, as I say, I don't want to be on the telly talking about this but I have been backed into a corner and I have got no other choice now but to stand up and say 'this is who we are' and we should just get on with the business of getting a Labour government." |
| Progress is broadly seen as the Blairite wing of the party. | Progress is broadly seen as the Blairite wing of the party. |
| On Wednesday Mr McDonnell told BBC Radio Two's Jeremy Vine programme: "We've had a few junior members resign today and of course that's their right. | On Wednesday Mr McDonnell told BBC Radio Two's Jeremy Vine programme: "We've had a few junior members resign today and of course that's their right. |
| "But they do all come from a narrow right-wing clique within the Labour Party based around the organisation Progress. | "But they do all come from a narrow right-wing clique within the Labour Party based around the organisation Progress. |
| "I don't believe they have ever accepted Jeremy's mandate." | "I don't believe they have ever accepted Jeremy's mandate." |
| A Labour Party spokesman said: "Alison McGovern was invited to a discussion on child poverty but the initiative has not been launched or confirmed. | |
| "She is resigning from something that doesn't exist." | |
| Sunday Politics is on BBC One on Sunday at 11:00 GMT. | Sunday Politics is on BBC One on Sunday at 11:00 GMT. |