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Chuka Umunna to run for Labour leader
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia May 15, 2015 03:06pm |
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| Author | BBC |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 12, 2015 09:05:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Labour MP Chuka Umunna has said he is running to become leader of the party.
He made the announcement by posting a video on Facebook as he met activists in Swindon.
The Streatham MP and shadow business secretary is the second candidate to formally declare in the race to succeed Ed Miliband, who quit last week.
He said he had spoken to around 40 Labour candidates who lost out to Conservatives in target seats at the election before deciding to stand.
Liz Kendall has already thrown her hat into the ring to become opposition leader while Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Tristram Hunt are all seen as potential candidates.
On Facebook, Mr Umunna said Labour should be winning all over the country and rejected suggestions that it could take a decade for the party to get back into power.
"I think we can and should be winning in seats like Swindon," he said. "North, south, east, west - we can absolutely do it as a party." |
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