A MAJORITY of Labour councillors in Britain’s 150 most marginal seats are backing Jeremy Corbyn to become the party’s next leader.
The results of a poll of 250 Labour councillors published yesterday by Anglia Ruskin University’s labour history research unit (LHRU) put Mr Corbyn ahead for the first time.
Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham led the field in two previous polls of the same councillors, conducted in June and July.
Now at 115,000 members and in some polls level with Labour in terms of public support, CHRIS JARVIS looks at the factors behind the rapid rise of the Greens, internal and external
VINCE MILLS cautions over the perils and pitfalls of ‘a new left party’
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN



