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| Angela Rayner to stand in Labour deputy leadership race | Angela Rayner to stand in Labour deputy leadership race |
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| Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has announced she is joining the contest to replace Tom Watson as Labour's deputy leader. | Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has announced she is joining the contest to replace Tom Watson as Labour's deputy leader. |
| She is the fourth Labour MP to declare her intention to run, alongside Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler and Khalid Mahmood. | She is the fourth Labour MP to declare her intention to run, alongside Richard Burgon, Dawn Butler and Khalid Mahmood. |
| Ms Rayner said Labour now faced a stark choice following December's heavy election defeat - "win or die". | |
| The rules for the deputy and leadership contests will be decided at a meeting of the party's ruling body later. | The rules for the deputy and leadership contests will be decided at a meeting of the party's ruling body later. |
| Clive Lewis, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips, Sir Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry have formally entered the race to replace outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn. | Clive Lewis, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips, Sir Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry have formally entered the race to replace outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn. |
| Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, who is a friend and flatmate of Ms Rayner, is also expected to join the main contest soon. | Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, who is a friend and flatmate of Ms Rayner, is also expected to join the main contest soon. |
| Launching her deputy leadership bid in Stockport, Ms Rayner said Labour's defeat last month had left the party facing its "biggest challenge in our history". | |
| She said Labour needed to find a "new kind of coalition" to regain power, and needed to "win back" former supporters who had deserted the party. | |
| She said Mr Corbyn's leadership had been a factor in the party's poor performance, but also blamed the election strategy, saying its list of target seats had proved to be "wide of the mark". | |
| "Seats where we suffered catastrophic defeats were seen as secure, while we tried to fight 'target' seats we had effectively already lost. It cannot happen again." | |
| And she continued: "The quick fix of a new leader will not be enough. We must rethink and renew our purpose and how we convince the people to share it. | |
| "Either we face up to these new times or we become irrelevant. The next five years will be the fight of our lives." | "Either we face up to these new times or we become irrelevant. The next five years will be the fight of our lives." |
| Ms Rayner said she would back Ms Long Bailey if she stood for the top job, adding that she wanted the leadership of the party to be a "team effort". | |
| Ms Rayner became shadow education secretary in June 2016, just over a year after she became MP for Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester. | |
| After leaving school aged 16, she became a care worker and representative for the Unison union before entering Parliament. She has previously described herself as being on the "soft left" of the party. | |
| At her launch she also called for the party to draw a "line in the sand" over the issue of anti-Semitism within its ranks, so it could "regain the moral authority" to unite the country against racism. | |
| The party, she added, needed to "educate where there is ignorance" and "remove bigotry wherever it is found". | |
| Ruling body meets | |
| Under current rules, would-be candidates for both the deputy leader and leader roles must first be nominated by more than 21 Labour MPs or MEPs. | Under current rules, would-be candidates for both the deputy leader and leader roles must first be nominated by more than 21 Labour MPs or MEPs. |
| They must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions. | They must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions. |
| The cut-off point for people to join or re-join the party will be a key issue to be decided at Monday's meeting of Labour's ruling body. | The cut-off point for people to join or re-join the party will be a key issue to be decided at Monday's meeting of Labour's ruling body. |
| The National Executive Committee (NEC) will also decide on timings, with winners expected to take their posts before English council elections in May. | The National Executive Committee (NEC) will also decide on timings, with winners expected to take their posts before English council elections in May. |
| 'Brutality and hostility' | 'Brutality and hostility' |
| Former deputy Tom Watson announced he was stepping down from his role and would not stand as an MP before last month's general election. | |
| Mr Watson was elected deputy leader in 2015, on the same day that Mr Corbyn won his own ballot to run the party. | Mr Watson was elected deputy leader in 2015, on the same day that Mr Corbyn won his own ballot to run the party. |
| However, the pair came from different wings of the party and were often at odds on a number of issues, notably over the party's position on Brexit. | However, the pair came from different wings of the party and were often at odds on a number of issues, notably over the party's position on Brexit. |
| Mr Watson has since said he faced "political factionalism" and "brutality and hostility" within the party during his time in post. | Mr Watson has since said he faced "political factionalism" and "brutality and hostility" within the party during his time in post. |