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Harman: New leader must appeal to public rather than party loyalists

The next Labour leader must be able to appeal to the general public rather than just party loyalists, Harriet Harman said as she criticised the process that led to Ed Miliband's election.

In a speech setting out how Labour would move on from an election defeat that remained "very raw", Ms Harman stressed that the influence of the unions over the decision on leadership had been altered by the move to a "one person, one vote" electoral system.

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Labour leadership: TV hustings held in Tory heartlands

Harriet Harman Credit: ITV

The Labour Party wants to hold televised hustings in the parts of the country where it lost when it elects a new leader over the summer.

Interim leader Harriet Harman said she hoped to arrange "robust, tough, televised hustings which involve the public", and that she was speaking to broadcasters to make it happen.

She said: "Last time our hustings - in front of Labour members - were in cities where Labour won. We must have those hustings now in towns and suburbs where Labour lost.

"We have to go back and ask local people from those areas to be brutally honest about what they think of us and what they want from us."

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