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		</div><p>UK Labour MP Jess Phillips is poised to announce her candidacy in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as party leader.</p>
<p>The outspoken and prominent backbencher is expected to confirm this evening her widely anticipated bid to lead the party after its worst general election result since 1935.</p>
<p>The Birmingham Yardley MP will join shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis as those to have formally declared their bids.</p>
<p>Others are also expected to announce their intentions soon, with shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer, close Corbyn ally Rebecca Long-Bailey and Wigan MP Lisa Nandy considering challenges.</p>
<p>Ms Phillips, who supported victims of domestic abuse for Women’s Aid before entering Parliament in 2015, would appear to be a relatively popular choice with the Labour members who will help select the leader.</p>
<p>She came third in a YouGov survey of the membership behind both Mr Starmer and shadow business secretary Ms Long-Bailey.</p>
<p>Mr Starmer would beat Ms Long-Bailey, who is the favoured candidate of key figures in the current leadership, in a run-off 61% to 39%, according to the early survey.</p>
<p>But the other candidates will be hoping to boost their profiles with the race not expected to formally get under way until Tuesday and a new leader not expected until the end of March.</p>
<p>Labour’s disastrous election performance that helped Boris Johnson’s Tories win an 80-strong majority has been the subject of an intense post-mortem examination.</p>
<p>The party’s Brexit position, Mr Corbyn’s unpopularity and his ambitious left-wing programme have all been the subject of scrutiny.</p>
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