Ms Nandy, who resigned alongside Mr Smith from the shadow cabinet last month, said the party had ignored “too many genuine concerns of traditional supporters over low pay, unemployment and immigration”.
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“I would like to formally retract my resignation and ask to be reinstated to my role as Shadow Home Office minister for preventing abuse and domestic violence with immediate effect”, she wrote, according to the Guido Fawkes blog.
The former shadow work and pensions secretary said it was “ironic” that Conservatives were saying “we should be borrowing to invest”.
He said: “My worry has been we are not looking at the moment like a government in waiting, we don’t look like a credible powerful opposition and one that people can imagine running the country and I think that’s what we have got to be”.
This was also echoed by Labour MPs as Mr Corbyn embarks on a fresh leadership bid with polls predicting an easy victory over Owen Smith.
John McDonnell made an extraordinary appeal to Labour MPs and supporters not to “destroy” the party amid an increasingly bitter leadership contest.
As a result, Malhotra has written to the Speaker and accused staff working for Corbyn and McDonnell of “illegal” and “unauthorised entry” to her parliamentary office in Westminster.
Labour signed up more than 183,000 new registered supporters in 48 hours last week, all of whom will now be eligible to vote, after paying the £25 fee imposed by the party’s national executive.
Outlining the behaviour expected of members, Mr M cNicol said: “F or a fair debate to take place, people must be able to air their views in an atmosphere of respect”.
A spokesperson for Mr Corbyn said: “The accusation that Karie intimidated anyone is untrue”. This is a breach of parliamentary privilege and is a violation of the privacy, security and confidentiality of a member of parliament’s office.
“But I don’t know enough about the details”.
Thirty-eight per cent thought the majority of their local members will vote for Mr Corbyn, compared to 28 per cent voting for Mr Smith, and 53 per cent thinking the majority of their local registered supporters are likely to back Corbyn.
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The unit polled 350 Labour councillors across the 250 most marginal parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom – the 125 seats Labour won and the 125 seats Labour lost by the lowest margins in the 2015 general election.
