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.
Tristram Hunt will not stand for Labour leadership
Tristram Hunt has announced that he will not stand in the forthcoming Labour leadership election.
In a speech, the MP for Stoke said he would be backing Liz Kendall for the leader's role instead.
He also strongly criticised the party's strategy at the general election, claiming Labour's welfare policies "offended the British people's sense of fairness".
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