Keir Starmer has made it through to the final round of the Labour leadership contest, having secured the backing of shop workers’ union Usdaw. The party’s rules state that a candidate needs to get the backing of three affiliated organisations, of which two must be trade unions (or the nomination of at least 33 constituency Labour parties), and along with the earlier backing of Unison and Labour’s Environment Campaign SERA, Starmer has made it.
Usdaw also nominated Angela Rayner for the deputy leadership, and she is now also through to the final round of her contest.
This is a big week for nominations from affiliates, with both the GMB and Unite unions holding hustings with the candidates on Tuesday and Friday respectively. We are also expecting an announcement from CWU on its nomination, and Starmer is up against Rebecca Long-Bailey for the TSSA nomination.
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