Labour told it may be 'going backwards on equality'

Gloria De Piero criticised the selection of a male candidate for Stockport. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty ImagesLabour has been warned it could be “going backwards on equality” by two senior MPs who expressed their alarm at the decision not to replace some departing female colleagues with all-women shortlists.The concerns of Labour MPs Gloria De Piero and Harriet Harman, follow criticism of the party’s procedures by the Unison general secretary Dave Prentis, who accused the Lab