Name: Momentum founder Jon Lansman drops bid to be Labour general secretary
Uploaded: 2018-03-11T18:34:02+00:00
Duration: 2 min 35 s
Description: The founder of the left-wing Momentum group, Jon Lansman, has announced he is pulling out of the contest to become Labour's general secretary - in a move which clears the way for Jeremy Corbyn's preferred candidate.

The founder of the left-wing Momentum group, Jon Lansman, has announced he is pulling out of the contest to become Labour’s general secretary – in a move which clears the way for Jeremy Corbyn’s preferred candidate. Our political correspondent, Michael Crick, reports from Westminster.