Having secured the backing of at least 80 MPs, candidates for the deputy leadership needed to then gain support from either three Labour affiliate groups, including two trade unions, or 33 constituency Labour parties (CLPs).
The election was caused by the resignation of former deputy Angela Rayner. (Picture: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Getty Images)
Ms Phillipson was the first to qualify, after the National Union of Mineworkers endorsed her candidacy, the third trade union to do so after Usdaw and Community.
Late on Friday, Ms Powell’s campaign said they believed the former Commons leader had also made it on to the ballot thanks to support from CLPs.
The source added that Ms Powell would be “in touch with our movement and the communities they represent”, adding her candidacy had “already seen movement on issues like child poverty from the leadership”.
On Friday, Ms Phillipson said scrapping the “spiteful” policy was “on the table” in the battle against child poverty.
Ms Phillipson’s intervention suggests an increasing willingness in the Cabinet to abolish the cap, given she is seen as Downing Street’s choice for the deputy leadership.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has not committed to abolishing the cap, but he has consistently declined to rule it out as well.
With PA
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