Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Shadow transport secretary Jim McMahon has conceded Labour has not “got over the line” in Hartlepool.
Asked whether Labour would be claiming victory in the by-election, Mr McMahon told Sky News: “It would be difficult to do that given how we see the numbers beginning to pan out.” Pressed on whether he was conceding defeat, he added: “It is pretty clear in the way the ballots are landing that we are not close to winning this despite our best endeavours, despite the hard work of many fantastic volunteers and despite a fantastic candidate, who of course is a local GP working at Hartlepool hospital who has been working on the frontline during the pandemic. “And so
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