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Labour leadership challengers to pitch for support from MPs Labour leadership challengers to pitch for support from MPs
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Labour leadership challengers, Angela Eagle and Owen Smith, are to hold a hustings later, to pitch for support from their parliamentary colleagues.Labour leadership challengers, Angela Eagle and Owen Smith, are to hold a hustings later, to pitch for support from their parliamentary colleagues.
The two MPs have both launched bids to replace Jeremy Corbyn but Mr Smith has said only one of them should stand against the leader in the final vote.The two MPs have both launched bids to replace Jeremy Corbyn but Mr Smith has said only one of them should stand against the leader in the final vote.
He has indicated that he would withdraw from the contest if Ms Eagle won more support among Labour MPs.He has indicated that he would withdraw from the contest if Ms Eagle won more support among Labour MPs.
The contest was prompted after Mr Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence.The contest was prompted after Mr Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence.
Mr Smith said he was the candidate that could "unite" Labour during his leadership launch on Sunday. Ms Eagle said she was looking forward to the hustings, adding: "I've had great support so far and I'm very optimistic."
But he added that the contender with the most support should become the unity candidate to take on Mr Corbyn - a view shared by senior colleagues. She said she would not speculate on whether she would withdraw in favour of Mr Smith if he had more support.
Ms Eagle refused to give the same assurance, insisting she was in the best position to win the leadership in a national ballot of members. During his leadership launch on Sunday, Mr Smith said the contender with the most backing should become the unity candidate to take on Mr Corbyn - a view shared by senior colleagues.
Mr Corbyn has vowed to fight the challengers, but in the latest in a string of rows over the vote he has said he thinks rules which exclude recently signed-up Labour members from voting in the contest are "not very fair".Mr Corbyn has vowed to fight the challengers, but in the latest in a string of rows over the vote he has said he thinks rules which exclude recently signed-up Labour members from voting in the contest are "not very fair".
He told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme that he wants the party's National Executive Committee to change the restrictions, adding that he believes the £25 fee for registered supporters to vote in the contest is too high.He told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme that he wants the party's National Executive Committee to change the restrictions, adding that he believes the £25 fee for registered supporters to vote in the contest is too high.