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He spoke from experience about the grief and heartbreak of losing elections and said he understood why people felt hurt and fearful of runaway train of global capitalism.

The MP led the Labour team in the European Parliament before entering Westminster and he served as a minister at the Wales Office.

‘I understand Jeremy has strong support.

Jeremy Corbyn has set out his plan to contain and marginalise MPs who oppose his drive to make Labour more left-wing.

Mr Burnham has the support of the Welsh government’s Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths, who will chair his question-and-answer session with party members in Wrexham on Sunday.

In a sentence of admirable chutzpah, Lehal admits that “the truth is the other frontrunner for leader – Jeremy Corbyn – has got thousands of his supporters to register to vote”.

According to the YouGov survey for The Times, the left-wing backbencher has nearly doubled his lead over closest rival Andy Burnham – despite numerous Labour figures lining up to discredit his leadership bid.

However, a spokesman confirmed that Mr Corbyn would seek to open up a discussion about “public ownership objectives for the 21st century” – including the railways – if he won the race to succeed Ed Miliband.

Jeremy Corbyn is the shock leader in the race to become the next leader of the Labour Party, but while he may bring it more in line with its traditional beliefs, he will take it further away from power.

Amid concerns that non-Labour supporters have infiltrated the ballot, it’s emerged 1,200 members or supporters of another party have already been excluded from voting in the contest, including hundreds who stood against Labour in local or national elections. Ex-chief Ed...

Jeremy Corbyn is “cautious” about his chances of victory in the Labour leadership contest despite an opinion poll giving him a clear lead and the bookmakers installing him as favourite to win.

The Shadow Home Secretary insisted she was the “real radical” and made the case to be Labour’s first woman leader – saying the party needed a “feminist approach to our economy and society”.

Seen as the most left-wing of the four candidates, Mr Corbyn’s increasing popularity comes despite a series of stark warnings from senior Labour figures that he could damage the party’s chances of beating the Conservatives in future elections.

Here, we ask prominent south Essex Labour politicians who they are backing?

Prominent Labour MPs such as John Woodcock and David Winnick have argued that a win for Corbyn in the leadership election would bring the Labour party back to the unelectable 1980s, preventing the recapture of Tory voters they believe is necessary to challenge the Conservatives...