#uk-labour-party

#uk-labour-party

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.

What would happen, in such a challenge? Would Streeting reap the benefit of the rule change of 2021, in which a candidate would need 20% of the parliamentary party to nominate, rather than 10%? All the rumours back then were that this change was specifically designed to favour Streeting, by keeping mavericks, outliers, lefties or, let's give them their umbrella description, any MP the membership didn't actively loathe off the ballot.