The campaign of one of the Labour Party leadership contenders has raised the alarm over what he calls Tories infiltration in the upcoming election.
Andy Burnham’s campaign director has called for an urgent meeting into “large-scale” infiltration of Tories into the Labour Party leadership contest.
In a letter to Iain McNicol, Labour’s general secretary, Michael Dugher warned that thousands of Conservatives may be planning to vote in the election.
“This suggests the 121,000 registered supporters could include several thousand Tory infiltrators, as well as supporters of other parties seeking to have a vote in the election,” Dugher wrote.
Labour Party officials say 400,000 new people have registered to vote in the leadership race.