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 refuses to stand aside in Labour leadership
Liz Kendall has said she will not pull out of the Labour leadership race to help block the challenge from Jeremy Corbyn.
The shadow care minister, currently a distant fourth, is said to be under pressure to quit to allow the right of the party to shore up the vote for one of her rivals - Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper.
However an aide to Ms Kendall - seen as the Blairites' favourite - insisted that she had no intention of standing aside.
They said Mr Burnham and Ms Cooper had only themselves to blame for the growing bandwagon apparently building behind Mr Corbyn.
"It's not going to happen. This briefing is nonsense because in a preference vote it doesn't matter how many candidates there are," a spokesman said.
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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.