Tristram Hunt out of Labour leadership race
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has said he will not be standing for the Labour leadership and has given his backing to the Blairite favourite, Liz Kendall.
Harman: 'No snap answer' for Labour's election defeat
Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman has said there is "not a snap answer" as to why her party lost the General Election last Thursday.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Ms Harman said: "The truth is there's not a snap answer.
"We have to do some serious thinking and I actually welcome everybody's contribution into the debate but I'm not going to sit here as leader now and proclaim that's what the answer is because it would be pretty odd not to have actually said that a week before."
During the interview Harman also confirmed an analysis had been commissioned into what went wrong for the Labour party during the campaign.
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Labour's Liam Byrne admits ' shame' at 'no money' letter
Former Treasury minister admits he had been "burnt with the shame of it" every day since he left the note for his Lib Dem successor in 2010.
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Tony Blair urges Labour to 'reclaim centre ground'
Writing in the Observer the former leader said the party had to show it stands for "ambition and aspiration" as well as compassion and care.
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Labour needs 'new leader from next-generation of MPs'
Former Cabinet minister Lord Hutton wants the leadership role to be given to one of the party's up-and-coming members of parliament.