Labour NEC wins appeal to ban thousands of party members from voting for new leader

‘Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has won a High Court appeal allowing it to bar thousands of new party members from voting in the upcoming leadership election. The decision could disenfranchise masses of Jeremy Corbyn supporters.
The ruling in the Court of Appeal bars 130,000 members who joined the party after January 12, 2016, from choosing between incumbent Labour leader Corbyn and challenger Owen Smith.’
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