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Labour Right's Dirty Tricks Win Appeal
Court blocks 130,000 from voting

LABOUR officials were accused of using “grubby” tactics to win a court battle yesterday that clears the way for them to ban thousands of new party members from voting in the leadership contest.

A High Court judge ruled last week that the party had committed a breach of contract by excluding members who have joined since January 12 from voting.

But Labour general secretary Iain McNicol spent £60,000 on taking the case to the Court of Appeal, which upheld the party’s right to impose the “freeze date” on voting eligibility.

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