Labour Hopefuls Make Leadership Pitches

Labour leadership candidates said they did not anticipate the scale of the party's loss at the General Election as they admitted the party failed to connect with thousands of voters. However, they insisted they had raised their fears about the campaign but remained loyal to Ed Miliband. Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Liz Kendall, Mary Creagh and Tristram Hunt were speaking at the annual Progress event, which comes a day after Chuka Umunna withdrew from the leadership contest. All but Mr Hunt have declared their bid for the leadership and the shadow education secretary is expected to declare his interest as the next Leader of the Opposition in the coming week.

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