Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell set for two-horse race to be Labour deputy
Education secretary and Manchester MP look destined for face-off as three other candidates struggle for MP nominationsLabour’s deputy leadership contest is set to be a race between the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, and the ousted cabinet minister Lucy Powell, as three other candidates...
<p>Education secretary and Manchester MP look destined for face-off as three other candidates struggle for MP nominations</p><p>Labour’s deputy leadership contest is set to be a race between the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, and the ousted cabinet minister Lucy Powell, as three other candidates in the race struggled to make nominations.</p><p>Phillipson comfortably cleared the hurdle of 80 nominations on Wednesday evening with backing from 116 MPs, but Powell was not yet at the threshold with 77 nominations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/10/bridget-phillipson-and-lucy-powell-set-for-two-horse-race-to-be-labour-deputy">Continue reading...</a>
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