Labour members began voting for their next leader this week as candidates continued to make their case for why they should be picked to replace Jeremy Corbyn. Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey all took to the stage for the Guardian hustings with Anushka Asthana.
In a testy encounter, the candidates sparred over their analysis of why the 2019 election went so badly for the party and whether it could have better handled the issue of Brexit. But there was also agreement when it came to moving towards a green new deal, expanding council housing and the need for electoral reform.
The Guardian’s political correspondent Peter Walker tells Asthana that when the leader is announced on 4 April, it will begin a new chapter in the party’s history that will be devoted to ending the run of election defeats.
Also today: Yankuba Fatty was a second-year biochemistry student in the Gambia when he had to flee the country after protesting for the restoration of student grants. A new Guardian documentary, Teranga, named after a refugee-run nightclub, explores Naples through the eyes of Yankuba and other asylum seekers.
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