Why should you be Labour’s next deputy leader? Guardian readers quiz the candidates
As party members prepare to choose between Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell, the pair give their views on wealth taxes, Brexit, the climate crisis and the far right
The GuardianA united Labour party is making Britain work better for all. We cannot allow our mission to be disrupted
I’ve delivered for tens of thousands of schoolchildren, lifting them out of poverty – as deputy leader I can deliver for all, says education secretary Bridget Phillipson
The GuardianUK politics: Powell victory in Labour’s deputy leader contest would mean ‘division and disunity’, Phillipson suggests – as it happened
Lucy Powell and Bridget Phillipson put their cases to party members at Labour’s conference on Wednesday
the GuardianI’ve seen Labour’s cursed deputy leader role up close. It should finally be abolished
I worked for Denis Healey when he held the post, so know just how useless it is – and how much better both the country and Labour would be without it, says author Richard Heller
The GuardianI’m running for Labour deputy leader because we can’t out-Reform Reform. But we can be more Labour
Whether it’s on Gaza or the state of public services, people feel as if they are not being listened to. That has to change, says Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy
The GuardianLabour leadership: Keir Starmer on course to win in first round – poll
Frontrunner on 53% ahead of Rebecca Long-Bailey on 31% and Lisa Nandy on 16%
Labour leadership: Starmer, Long-Bailey and Nandy debate in Guardian hustings – live news
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including the EU agreeing its negotiating mandate for the post-Brexit trade talks with the UK, and the Guardian’s Labour leadership hustings in Manchester
Burgon backs public ownership and Labour clause IV revamp
Deputy leadership candidate says voters are sick of being ripped off by private companies
Long Bailey calls on Momentum to back Angela Rayner for deputy
Left’s favoured candidate throws weight behind flatmate over Momentum choice Richard Burgon
John McDonnell backs Richard Burgon for Labour deputy leader
Move to nominate shadow justice secretary dubbed ‘slap in face’ for Rebecca Long Bailey, who backs Angela Rayner