Laura Smith and Karen Lee both spoke of their need to find a new source of income after they lost their Crew & Nantwich and Lincoln seats to the Tories on December 12.

Labour's Jess Phillips was forced to suspend her key aide Salma Hamid (pictured) on Friday for posting 'offensive' tweets including a description of Israel as a 'murderer', between 2014 and 2016.

The shadow business secretary hit out at a scatter-gun approach that saw people and resources wasted on seats that were unwinnable, at the expense of marginal seats lost to the Conservatives.

Journalists poring over her policies and private life to glean a better understanding of the would-be leader have, until now, been split over whether to hyphenate her surname.

Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey said she would unveil a package of radical constitutional measures if she won the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.

Wigan MP Ms Nandy, who narrowly came third behind Ms Long-Bailey in the first round of the leadership campaign, is said to have impressed Mr McCluskey in a face-to-face meeting.

Rebecca Long-Bailey has hinted that she took cannabis during a trip to Amsterdam as she prepares to formally launch her Labour leadership bid this evening.

In a defiant riposte, she hinted that her concerns had been 'misrepresented' in a bid to damage her bid to succeed Jeremy Corbyn.

The Conservatives now have a massive 17-point advantage over Labour, according to the latest research by Opinium - up from around 12 points at the election.

Alan Mardghum, a former pitworker who now runs the annual Durham Miners' Gala, said he would 'rather be found dead in a ditch than invite them' to the July event.

Allies of Rebecca Long-Bailey have demanded Sir Keir Starmer pull out of the Labour leadership race to make way for a woman to take over from Jeremy Corbyn.

The leadership candidate said there are 'really experienced, amazing people' in the parliamentary Labour party and that 'we've got to have that good mix of talent in there'.

The Wigan MP said the beleaguered party should be focusing on getting rid of Tory MPs rather than their own following Jeremy Corbyn's humiliating defeat to Boris Johnson in December's election.

Members of Unite, the second largest union in Britain, backed the shadow business secretary after a ballot this afternoon, as well as Richard Burgon for deputy leader.

The Unite the union boss said critics of the shadow business secretary 'would be better to clear out now' amid reports some are planning to quit Labour if she wins the contest.

Jeremy Corbyn delivered an apparent endorsement of Rebecca Long-Bailey at a retirement party for former MP Ronnie Campbell over the weekend.

Rebecca Long-Bailey told an event she had been left in a 'state of shock' by the scale of their defeat on December 12, when Labour handed Boris Johnson an 80-seat Tory majority.

Six weeks after the dramatic election victory, YouGov research put the Conservatives on 49 per cent, far ahead of their main rivals on 29 per cent.

Rebecca Long-Bailey said she would not stand in the way of another referendum on Scottish independence as she clashed with her fellow Labour leadership candidates.

The left-wing candidate to replace Jeremy Corbyn told an event at the weekend how she worked until 3am in 2016 after the resignation of Robert Marris left the party's treasury team in the lurch.

DAVID LEAKEY: I believe it is my public duty to say it would be a scandal if Baron 'Bully' Bercow were ever to take a taxpayer-funded seat for life on the red benches of the House of Lords.

Lachlan Stuart, a personal friend of Corbyn who co-wrote the Labour manifesto, said Ms Long Bailey was 'not fit to lead' because of her views on trans.

Rebecca Long-Bailey revealed her plans for the former Labour leader at a meeting in south-east London, and said that she 'loves' him. She is trailing Keir Starmer in the race to be the next Labour leader.

Lisa Nandy today declared she would be willing to serve in a shadow cabinet led by either of her Labour leadership rivals if she fails to pull off a shock upset.

Harvey Proctor has lodged a formal request that the former deputy Labour leader be prevented from entering the House of Lords over his role in the botched Operation Midland.

Jeremy Corbyn has made a plea to 'anointed' successor Rebecca Long Bailey to make him Shadow Foreign Secretary after he quits as Labour Party leader.

New Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has spent his first week on the job culling hard-left members of the Labour Shadow Cabinet, much to the anger of Momentum.

Politicians taking part in Prime Minister's Questions from the safety and comfort of their own homes were upstaged by their grandchildren and their interior design sense - or lack of it.

A High Court judge has ruled that comments posted online by Laura Murray, head of complaints for the Labour party, against Rachel Riley showed a 'defamatory tendency'.

Rachel has been seen for the first time since she won the first round in her legal battle against one of Jeremy Corbyn's closest aides. The Countdown host, 34, looked in good spirits on the stroll.

Rachel Riley stepped out for a refreshing stroll with her daughter amid her on going legal battle in libel claim against one of Jeremy Corbyn's aides.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott on Friday revealed one of his daughters was 'soon to take up a position in the Australian embassy in Beijing'.

The former prime minister and ex-Liberal Party leader shared a photo of Sydney shrouded in a haze of bushfire smoke as he flew back into the city following a speaker trip to Singapore.

Scott Morrison has been slammed for holding a press conference on religious freedom while bushfires caused Sydney's worst-ever smoke day.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been slammed for holidaying in Hawaii during the bushfire crisis.

Units in Australia's most elite suburb are so dear it is possible to buy two median-price houses in Sydney for the same money - and still have change left over to buy a Porsche 911 Carrera.

A glamorous Sydney socialite who shot to fame in 2017 after a viral video, has won a long-standing battle to renovate her $10 million harbourside mansion.

Hillary Clinton trolled Donald Trump's letter to Turkey's president Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday by sharing a spoof letter from JFK to the leader of the Soviet Union to end the Cuban missile crisis.

Durham's investigation is reportedly zeroing in on two former top national security officials based on new evidence gathered during a recent trip to Italy with Barr.

James Comey joins dozens of celebrities who pledged to leave the country if Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016 but are still in the United States.

The majority of millennials, those born between 1981-1996, said in a poll released Monday that they would vote for a socialist candidate.

In the interview, Hillary Clinton talked about Trump's presidency, her thoughts on his Ukraine dealings and how she managed to murder an incarcerated pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.

Lawyers for Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard wrote Hillary Clinton asking her to immediately retract a statement about Gabbard and the Russians.

Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, who founded research firm Fusion GPS, say Steele - their employee - revealed the existence of his dossier to the press because he was angry with James Comey.

Farrow claims he worked closely with Clinton for years until 2017, when word got out that he was looking into allegations of sexual misconduct by Weinstein, her longtime supporter.

Donald Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow was the subject of a New York Times profile as Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is under fire, and the paper reported Sekulow voted for Hillary Clinton.

Bill and Hillary Clinton would stay at Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch almost every year, former estate workers told DailyMail.com. They didn't stay at the main house but a Western-themed village.

The show's stars Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin and Damian Lewis, as well as the creators, revealed the secret tales of the spy drama in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter on Thursday.

The active investigation centers on media leaks to the New York Times and the Washington Post in early 2017, describing a secret Russian document that played a role in the Clinton investigation.

Weinsten, who is facing life in prison, was a longtime major donor to the Clintons. Both Hillary, main and inset with Weinstein, and Bill also had a close friendship with Weinstein for decades.