Keir Starmer shrugged off speculation that the party’s decision earlier this week to block Jeremy Corbyn from standing at the next general election would reignite a bitter dispute with the Labour left poppyeh reports:
from running as a Labour candidate in Islington North, where he has been the MP since 1983. Around a third of NEC members opposed the proposal, including several trade union representatives.
But speaking in Kent this afternoon, the Labour leader signalled his efforts to shift the party focus away from old wounds in the run-up to both theLabour looks set to pick up hundreds of seats in areas that last voted in local elections in 2019, when Mr Corbyn was still the party’s leader. Critics suggest the local elections will help paint a picture of current political support across the country as parties fine-tune their manifestos in the run-up to the next general election. Local elections in England are scheduled to be held on 4 May, with the Northern Irish election scheduled to be held on 18 May.
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