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| Bridget Phillipson enters Labour deputy leader contest | Bridget Phillipson enters Labour deputy leader contest |
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| Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has entered the contest to be Labour's deputy leader, becoming the most senior figure to put her name forward so far. | Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has entered the contest to be Labour's deputy leader, becoming the most senior figure to put her name forward so far. |
| Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, is so far the only other declared candidate in the race to replace Angela Rayner in the deputy leader role. | Bell Ribeiro-Addy, MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, is so far the only other declared candidate in the race to replace Angela Rayner in the deputy leader role. |
| Foreign affairs committee chair Emily Thornberry has said she is considering entering, while former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh and Tooting MP, and former deputy leader candidate, Rosena Allin-Khan have ruled themselves out. | |
| Candidates have until Thursday evening to get nominations from at least 80 Labour MPs in order to take part in the contest. | Candidates have until Thursday evening to get nominations from at least 80 Labour MPs in order to take part in the contest. |
| They will also need the backing of either 5% of local parties, or three Labour-affiliated groups, including two unions. | They will also need the backing of either 5% of local parties, or three Labour-affiliated groups, including two unions. |
| Those who clear the bar face a vote by party members, with the winner announced on 25 October. | Those who clear the bar face a vote by party members, with the winner announced on 25 October. |
| Some in Labour have criticised the tight three-day window for getting MP nominations, which was announced by party bosses on Monday. | |
| Ribeiro-Addy, a backbencher from the left of the party, said: "It is absolutely unfair, and I don't think it's what the membership want". | |
| Speaking to the BBC Radio 4's Today programme, she said Labour needed to have a discussion about "what's gone wrong" with the party's direction. | |
| She added that many members and voters were unhappy about "the situation in Gaza, the winter fuel allowances, the welfare cuts". |