Labour cancels hustings after row over reinstated candidate

Rift between NEC and local selection panel caused by alleged financial irregularities of Sophie CookLabour has been forced to cancel a hustings for parliamentary candidates in Shoreham this weekend after a row broke out when the national executive committee vetoed a plan by the local selection panel to drop a candidate from the shortlist.
Sophie Cook, who was the 2017 candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham, would have been Labour’s first trans women in a winnable seat and has been given