Mary Creagh pulls out of Labour leadership race

Mary Creagh has withdrawn from the Labour leadership race.

Writing in the Guardian, the shadow international development secretary said she would not be nominating any other candidate and launched an attack on ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband's attitude to business.

"Labour cannot be the party of working people and then disapprove when some working people do very well for themselves and create new businesses, jobs and wealth," she wrote.

It leaves just Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Liz Kendall and Jeremy Corbyn in the race to replace Mr Miliband.

Each have to reach the required 35 nominations before next week's deadline.