Barking and Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell dropped as Labour candidate

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Rodwell withdrawn from candidacy for Labour safe seat amid an internal investigation

Barking & Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell has been dropped as a Labour candidate in the upcoming election amid an internal party process looking into allegations made against him.

Rodwell’s name was not included in a list of parliamentary candidates approved by Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee announced yesterday.

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