Labour Deputy Leader Rivals Begin Their Final Week of Campaigning

Two rivals vying to be Labour's next deputy leader begin final week of campaigning

The deputy leadership contest was triggered after Angela Rayner stood down over a row over her tax affairs.

Labour deputy leader rivals begin their final week of campaigning

The deputy leadership contest was triggered after Angela Rayner stood down over a row over her tax affairs.

Labour Party deputy leader rivals begin final week of campaigning

The two rivals vying to be Labour’s next deputy leaders are beginning their final week of campaigning before the polls in the contest close. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has vowed to reduce child poverty and warned that not voting for her will result in “internal debate and divisions that leads us back to opposition”. Lucy […]

Apparently Labour’s choice of deputy leader can lose them the next election

I’ll throw rocks from the inside, pledges Phillipson pic.twitter.com/O3AUMaGT4w— John Rentoul (@JohnRentoul) October 17, 2025 I like Bridget Phillipson but these comments sound like desperation by somebody who is about to lose the deputy leader race. Issues such as the economy and the NHS and not the deputy leader of the Labour party will determine the outcome of the next election. TSE