Labour leadership hopefuls clash over key issues and policies

Some of the liveliest exchanges came as candidates discussed party’s record on antisemitism

Lisa Nandy has accused her rivals for the Labour leadership of failing to grapple with the scale of the challenge facing the party, as the candidates clashed over antisemitism, Brexit and economic policy in the contest’s first televised debate.

“The challenges we face are so big and yet the debate we are having is so small,” the Wigan MP warned, as she and Rebecca Long-Bailey, Keir Starmer and Emily Thornberry set out their pitches on BBC Two’s Newsnight.

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