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TRADE unions defied calls from plotting MPs to accept the Labour coup yesterday by rallying to support the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
Lucy Powell, who resigned as shadow education secretary on Sunday, deepened the rift between the party’s MPs and members as she ordered affiliated unions to butt out.
“I think certain trade union leaders should probably get on with their own jobs and leave the Labour Party to Labour Party members and the elected leadership,” she told Radio 4’s Today programme.
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