Corbyn ally Jennie Formby named Labour general secretary

Appointment of Unite union candidate cements leader’s control of top positions
Jennie Formby, the Unite candidate, is to be the new Labour party general secretary. She was appointed from a shortlist of two after the Momentum founder, Jon Lansman, abandoned his attempt to win the job last week.Formby, a Unite union organiser, has been on the party’s ruling national executive committee (NEC) for seven years. She was strongly backed by Jeremy Corbyn and her appointment cements the party