Wakefield Labour committee quits in by-election candidate row

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Image source, UK Parliament Image caption, The election was triggered after the town's MP Imran Ahmad Khan resigned after being convicted of child abuse charges The entire committee that runs the Labour Party in Wakefield has resigned in a row with party HQ in London.
The committee is angry about the way Labour's candidate for the forthcoming by-election in the West Yorkshire constituency is being chosen.
The by-election was prompted by the resignation of former Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan, after his conviction for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
The seat is seen as a key target for Labour, which had held it for more than 87 years before the Conservatives won it in 2019 with a majority of 3,358.