Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership contest and vows "fightback"

By BBC News

Jeremy Corbyn has promised to lead a Labour "fightback" after being elected the party's new leader by a landslide.

The veteran left-winger got almost 60% of more than 400,000 votes cast, trouncing his rivals Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall.

Tony Blair: Labour faces 'annihilation' if Jeremy Corbyn wins leadership

By The Guardian

Former prime minister intensifies warning to Labour leadership voters, urging them to reject Corbyn’s policies and ‘understand the danger we are in’

Andy Burnham backed by Dan Jarvis in Labour leadership race

By The Guardian

Dan Jarvis, the Labour MP who disappointed many party activists by refusing to stand for the party leadership, has given a personal boost to Andy Burnham’s campaign by endorsing the shadow health secretary.