Labour dissolves Harman seat selection panel in row over candidates
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from on (#65NZ5)
Party also reinstalls adviser to Sadiq Khan on shortlist of candidates hoping to stand in Camberwell and Peckham
Labour has dissolved a local selection panel in a row over candidates for the prized seat of Camberwell and Peckham, currently held by Harriet Harman, with officials reinstalling a key adviser to Sadiq Khan on to the shortlist.
The party has accused the local selection panel of party members of leaking details to a local website that the shortlist drawn up by the constituency party was just three names.
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