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		</div><p>Angela Eagle has withdrawn from the contest for Britain&#8217;s Labour’s leadership in order to back Owen Smith as a “unity candidate” to challenge Jeremy Corbyn.</p>
<p>Eagle was the first to mount a public challenge to the Labour leader, but decided to withdraw after it became apparent that Smith had secured more nominations from party MPs and MEPs.</p>
<p>Former opposition work and pensions secretary Smith will now go forward to fight Corbyn in a ballot of party members and supporters which ends on September 24.</p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/image-53.jpeg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/image-53.jpeg" alt="Angela Eagle" width="600" height="333" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-93511" /></a></p>
<p>Speaking at Westminster, Eagle said she would be backing Smith in the contest, adding: “We are in lock-step together, arguing for a united Labour Party.”</p>
<p>Eagle said: “We have a Labour Party at the moment that is not working, we’ve got a leader that doesn’t have the confidence of his Members of Parliament and isn’t reaching out to the country.</p>
<p>“We need to have a strong and united Labour Party so we can be a good opposition, take the fight to the Conservative Government and heal our country.</p>
<p>“So I am announcing tonight that I will be supporting Owen in that endeavour with all my enthusiasm and might.”</p>
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