Labour leadership: Donor to challenge Corbyn ballot ruling

Labour donor Michael Foster is a former parliamentary candidate

A Labour donor is planning a legal challenge to the party's ruling that Jeremy Corbyn can be automatically included in the leadership ballot. 

Michael Foster, whose family gave £400,000 to the party, said he was worried about "apparent manipulation" of the rules by Labour's ruling body, the National Executive Committee (NEC).


On Tuesday night, the NEC voted 18-14 to allow Mr Corbyn on the ballot.
His rivals Angela Eagle and Owen Smith need the backing of 51 MPs or MEPs.