Jeremy Corbyn will urge the NEC to put off a discussion on the elections until after the annual conference Jane Barlow/PAJeremy Corbyn is to try to kick proposals for shadow cabinet elections into the long grass, delaying changes until next year. The Labour leader will urge the 33-member national executive committee (NEC) to put off a discussion on the elections until after Labour’s annual conference, which begins on Saturday. For days his allies had been suggesting that he wanted the party’s 640,000-strong membership, which largely backs him, to play a role in selecting the shadow cabinet. Tom Watson, the deputy leader, will put forward counter-proposals for the party’s 230 MPs to elect the front bench. This would be likely to…

Source: The Times September 19, 2016 22:52 UTC