Corbyn to tighten grip on Labour’s ruling body

JEREMY Corbyn is expected to tighten his grip on Labour with the election of three Momentum-backed candidates to the party’s ruling National Executive.

The results of the election contest are due on Monday and one of three new NEC members is set to be Jon Lansman, head of Momentum and a key ally of the party leader.

The new positions were created in a move to expand the NEC to better represent the 600,000-strong grassroots membership.

Control of the NEC has been f i nely balanced between Left and Right. The departure of Kezia Dugdale as Scottish Labour leader and her replacement by Corbyn ally Richard Leonard meant he had a slight majority.

Labour MP Clive Lewis has returned to the party’s shadow ministerial team weeks after being cleared of groping allegations.