Education secretary and Manchester MP are only candidates to clear threshold to enter party members’ ballot

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson confirmed she is running to replace Angela Rayner and 'unite our great party'.

Education secretary says she aims to ‘unite our great party and deliver for working people’

Bridget Phillipson describes herself as ‘a proud working-class woman’ in statement announcing her bid to replace Angela Rayner

Education Secretary vows to take ‘fight to Reform’ as she becomes second MP to throw hat into the ring to replace Angela Rayner

The education secretary enters contest to replace Angela Rayner, saying she can take the fight to Reform and defeat Nigel Farage

It’s a depressing thought that all likely candidates to replace Starmer are worse than him

Candidates are lining up to secure the 80 nominations they need from MPs by 5pm on Thursday in order to reach the knockout round

Six MPs threw their hat in the ring to replace Angela Rayner as nominations opened in the fast-tracked contest. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson took an early lead on…

Education secretary receives most nominations of the six candidates so far

The education secretary is first to get the 80 MP signatures needed for her nomination but sacked former Commons leader Lucy Powell is just three short with 24 hours before the…

Education secretary and Manchester MP look destined for face-off as three other candidates struggle for MP nominations

Emily Thornberry said it had been a 'privilege' to compete, but she was withdrawing.

MP’s withdrawal along with Paula Barker clears way for contest between Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell

Ms Phillipson, the Education Secretary, and Ms Powell, the former Commons Leader, are expected to go head-to-head in the next stage in the contest to replace Angela Rayner .

The prospect of a contested election threatens to overshadow Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool at the end of September, with some seeing it as a referendum on the prime…

Education secretary and Manchester MP are only candidates to clear threshold to enter party members’ ballot

Ex-Commons leader says she wants Downing Street to be better connected to MPs and that she would deliver difficult truths to PM

She is one of only two candidates to secure enough support from fellow MPs to make it past the first round of nominations

The Education Secretary kicked off her campaign in her home town of Sunderland seeking to reunify the fractious party after the resignation of Angela Rayner.

Education secretary says now is not time to ‘look backwards’ as Powell vows to be ‘independent voice’