Surrey Labour could defy national party over progressive alliance

Local party to vote on a motion to stand down a Labour candidate and swing behind a single progressive candidateSurrey Labour party could vote to back a Liberal Democrat candidate next week to try to unseat the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, defying the national party which has said it will not entertain any “progressive alliance”.The Conservative minister has a majority of more than 28,000 in his South West Surrey constituency but local Labour leaders have been canvassing support fo