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Report: Rachel Reeves MP Accused of Misusing Members’ Data in Attempt to Influence Labour Party Democracy

Leeds West MP Rachel Reeves contacted Labour members encouraging them to elect her preferred slate to the party's national executive committee. While Labour says it found no evidence of a data breach, some members dispute the party's explanation, while senior Labour figures say the incident is indicative of a worrying resurgence in factional organising. Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: I Witnessed Labour Staff Working to Undermine Jeremy Corbyn’s Leadership

As John McDonnell's economic advisor, James Meadway saw Labour staff work to undermine the leadership through a steady drip-drip-drip of small, deliberate failures, which, he writes, added up to major dysfunction, almost certainly costing the party the 2017 election.

Report: Labour Official Who Undermined Party and Mocked Staff Was in Running for General Secretary Under Starmer

Exclusive: Emilie Oldknow, a former senior official at Labour HQ and a union executive, who plotted to undermine Jeremy Corbyn and called colleagues 'pube head' and 'smelly cow', was in the running for Labour's top job. Aaron Bastani reports.

Report: ‘It’s going to be a long night’ – How Members of Labour’s Senior Management Team Campaigned to Lose

A leaked report, seen by Novara Media, reveals the extent to which senior Labour figures sought to undermine their own party’s chances in the 2017 general election.

Opinion: Keir Starmer’s Call to End Factionalism Must Not Mean a Return to the Status Quo

There is a promise the leadership hopeful could make, argues Michael Walker, which would fulfil his desire to end damaging internecine war without undermining accountability: open selections.