Labour’s new deputy leader to be announced – UK politics live

<p>Polling suggests Lucy Powell enjoyed a healthy lead over Bridget Phillipson as voting closed on Thursday</p><p>In case you missed it, in this previously published piece from the Guardian <strong>Bridget Phillipson</strong> and <strong>Lucy Powell</strong> answered reader questions on wealth taxes, Brexit, the climate crisis and the far right:</p><p>Here is today’s politics agenda, according to the PA news agency’s schedule:</p><p><em><strong>10am:</strong></em> Labour’s new deputy leader will be announced in central London. Speeches are expected afterwards from the winner of the contest and from the prime minister.</p><p><em><strong>1pm:</strong></em> Protesters from opposing groups are expected to descend on different sides of London after police banned Ukip supporters from gathering in Whitechapel, an area of the capital with a large Muslim population, because of what officers called a “realistic prospect of serious disorder”. Ukip supporters are expected to gather in west London at 1pm.</p><p><em><strong>Saturday:</strong></em> Counting is to begin today to reveal who the Irish public have voted to be their next president.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/oct/25/new-labour-deputy-leader-lucy-powell-bridget-phillipson-uk-politics-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>