Jeremy Corbyn, Tom Watson And Trade Unions Have `Carved Up` Safe Seats For 2017 General Election
(WorldNews Politics)

Labour candidacies for key vacant seats in the general election have been carved up under a secret plan agreed between Jeremy Corbyn, Tom Watson and leading trade unions, HuffPost UK can reveal. The agreement ensures that each of the wings of the party and its union backers get their share of plum constituencies where MPs are standing down. Key figures set to benefit include Sam Tarry, director of Momentum and Corbyn’s former leadership campaign director and Stephanie Peacock, GMB political officer. Mark Ferguson, the former LabourList editor and aide to Liz Kendall, and Ellie Reeves, sister of Labour MP Rachel Reeves and wife of Labour MP John Cryer, are on course to get to...