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Lucy Powell says she would be a "shop steward" for Labour supporters if she became the next Deputy Leader of the Party. The Manchester Central MP insists she would also "seize back the political megaphone" from rival parties.

She says Labour "needs to do better" as the future existence of mainstream politics wobbles, "as a result of the rise of politics of hate and division"

In a final push before voting ends at 12pm tomorrow (Thursday, October 23) for the person to replace Angela Rayner as Keir Starmer's number two she said: "Command and control is not the culture that will help us succeed. We need to take people with us to rebuild our broad voter coalition and bring about the change people voted for." View 4 Images

She is up against Education secretary Bridget Phi

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