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| Mary Creagh pulls out of Labour leadership race | |
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| Shadow international development secretary Mary Creagh has announced that she has withdrawn from Labour leadership race. | |
| Writing in The Guardian, she said she made the announcement so her supporters could nominate another candidate. | |
| Ms Creagh had collected eight nominations from party members, short of the 35 supporters needed to feature in the final ballot of members. | |
| "I look forward to working with the next leader," she wrote. | |
| Shadow ministers Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall and MP Jeremy Corbyn remain in the running for the leadership. | |
| Ms Creagh had fewer nominations than any of the other candidates who are hoping to get on the ballot paper. | |
| "I'm grateful to the people who told me I inspired them to begin their own leadership journeys," she said. | |
| "I am proud to have played my part in opening up the debate about why Labour lost." | |
| In the article, Ms Creagh criticised former leader Ed Miliband's stance on business. | |
| "The leader's office did not understand business and didn't understand what business needed from government," she said. | |
| Labour leadership nominations close on Monday. |