Calls to halt Labour leadership race 'not helpful'
Calls to halt the Labour leadership race have been branded "unhelpful" after reports emerged today of an alleged "hard-left infiltration" of the party.
Liz Kendall: I will not step aside from leadership race
Labour leadership outsider Liz Kendall has refused to bow to pressure and remove herself from the contest to help defeat Jeremy Corbyn.
Asked by ITV News Political Correspondent Carl Dinnen whether she would consider standing down after polls showed her in last place, Kendall replied: "Never... you can't stop fighting for what you believe in."
The MP for Leicester West said that only she and Corbyn were the only candidates "making a different case from where Labour's been at the last two elections".
However, she said a Corbyn victory would turn Labour into an "unelectable party of protest".
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Calls to halt Labour leadership race 'not helpful'
Calls to halt the Labour leadership race have been branded "unhelpful" after reports emerge of alleged "hard-left infiltration" of party.
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Corbyn: Labour party needs to be 'true to its roots'
Corbyn urges his party to be 'true to its roots' and offer 'a credible alternative' as the race to become new Labour leader continues.
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Prescott: Blair's leadership intervention is 'appalling'
"I can't believe that he said it," said Blair's former deputy Lord Prescott, who begged Labour to debate policies not personalities.