Rachael Maskell

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Emily Thornberry four will join The Other in the next round of the competition, head of the Labour party, after winning the support of enough MPs and MEPs.

The Shadow foreign Minister of the sound barrier of 22 men behind in less than 10 Minutes , closed before the nominations.

she was helped by Clive Lewis , the race to finish switch - with several of his men behind to their candidacy.

Sir Keir Starmer , Rebecca Long Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips had already qualified for the next stage.

Sir Keir, The Shadow Brexit Secretary, led the way with 88 nominations, followed by Mrs Long Bailey 33, Ms Nandy on 31 and The Other two contenders to 23 per.

Mr Lewis, the lowest ranking candidate, withdrew after the drop out of five nominations.

The Deputy Labour leader post is also vacant, after Tom Watson stood down from the Parliament.

All five candidates, Angela Rayner , Ian Murray, Dawn Butler , Rosena Allin-Khan and Richard Burgon - have secured enough nominations through to the next stage of the race.

Jeremy Corbyn 's announced successor, the 4. April. He will be standing down after the birth, lost his fourth election in a row, in The Last month.

Switching support

the announcement of his exit on Twitter, Norwich South MP Mr Lewis said the competition "was never just about the Labour leadership, but about our survival as a political movement and mapping our path to power".

Both Nadia Whittome and Rachael Maskell , who has the backing of Mr Lewis, were originally in support of the Ms Thornberry changed.

Mr Lewis urged his opponents to take on Board some of the ideas that he had argued during his short-lived campaign, including more cooperation with other Political Parties and progressive forces.

"I now throw The Gauntlet to The Other Labour leadership candidates and ask them if you are Brave Enough , strong enough, to give us some of the issues in my Manifesto," he said.

"In the coming weeks, I watched her reaction carefully, before you decide to support who. "

Among the celebrities backing Sir Keir Tottenham MP David Lammy , the was named the Vice-Chairman of his campaign, and the former leader, Ed Miliband, said that he had "to deliver The Best experience and vision of 21St Century socialism for the country".

In a speech in East London , Ms Nandy's work demanded, to "Think Big and paint a broad canvas", as it tries to bounce back from his defeat.

Although it does not accept that labour "answers to all questions", especially in Scotland, She Said , The Party had an important role in ensuring the "social justice strikes back column nationalism and to win."

"I would like to enable this Land to the Land that I have known, we could have all of My Life , but I've never seen," She Said . "I think I can almost touch it. "

As part of their pitch, Ms Phillips is the call for The Creation of a universal child care, based on the provision in some Scandinavian countries.

you LBC of The Last Labour government, said the offer of 15 hours free childcare a week, a "lifeline" for she had, as a young mother at the time, but the current level of provision is now "very limited and requires massive improvement".

How will unfold the leadership race?

She Said , The State should think more affordable childcare as an economic catalyst for families, in the same way as transport and broadband connections, and not only focus on whether a woman was the result of your eligible.

"Universal free childcare is not only thousands and thousands of jobs to groups of people who urgently need good, secure income, there is also the possibility of masses of people go right to work and their families live better," She Said .

Asked to not serve who they would prefer to be under, if you win, she decided, Ms Nandy, with the argument that it was time for work to be its first female leader.

Hustings complaint

Monday marks the end of The First stage of the nominations process.

the candidates also need the support of 5% of the constituency Labour parties, or the three Partner organisations, two of which unions win, by 14 February . Unison, the UK's largest trade Union, said it is the support of Sir Keir.

the call for leadership hustings in "every region and nation" in the UK.

At the moment, there are only seven hustings between the ages of 18 to. January, and 16. February - in Liverpool, Durham, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Glasgow and London.

He said The Process of reconstruction of trust in the work must be done "in communities across the country, not only in those we are currently representing".

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Source of news: bbc.com