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  Labour leadership: Mary Creagh is surprise fifth candidate to enter race to replace Ed Miliband
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Last EditedIndyGeorgia  May 15, 2015 03:17pm
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AuthorMatt Dathan
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News DateThursday, May 14, 2015 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionMary Creagh has become a surprise fifth candidate to enter the race to replace Ed Miliband as Labour leader as she called on her party to win back “Middle England”.

The Wakefield MP and shadow international development secretary said Labour’s devastating defeat in last week’s election was due to a failure to offer hope, an obsession with the NHS and a lack of trust in the party’s economic credibility.

The party had failed to understand voters’ “aspiration to earn money and provide a better life for their family”.

"People trust Labour to look after their schools, hospitals and council services. But they simply do not trust us to run the economy and make them better off,” she said. “That must change."

She joins Liz Kendall, Chuka Umunna, Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper in the battle to take over from interim leader Harriet Harman, who is standing in following Mr Miliband’s resignation last week.
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Jun 15, 2015 05:00pm News Mary Creagh pulls out of Labour leadership race  Article IndyGeorgia 

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