Chuka Umunna to run for UK Labour Party leadership

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Chuka Umunna
LONDON (Reuters) – Chuka Umunna, a centre-left politician who specialises in business policy, said on Tuesday he would run for the leadership of Britain’s opposition Labour Party after it suffered a heavy defeat in a national election last week.
Umunna, the son of a Nigerian immigrant, is a former lawyer who was first elected to parliament in 2010 and has been Labour’s business spokesman since 2011. He is one of the bookmakers’ favourites to win the job of party leader.
“I am pleased today to be announcing that I will be standing for the leadership of the party,” Umunna, 37, said …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper