Jeremy Corbyn officially gains Momentum
After the Jeremy Corbyn-backed ‘grassroots network’ Momentum was launched, several Labour politicians voiced fears that the campaign group could be used to oust moderate Labour MPs in favour of Corbyn champions. The campaign group has since insisted that although it grew out of the Corbyn campaign, it is independent to the party’s leadership. Now things have been made official with the Labour leader’s election campaign group renamed Momentum on Companies House. Newsnight‘s Ed Brown reports that Corbyn’s leadership campaign has changed its name on Companies House from ‘Jeremy Corbyn Campaign 2015’ to ‘Momentum Campaign Ltd’: This acts as a reminder of just how close the relationship between Corbyn’s team and the group really is. With Corbyn’s aide Simon Fletcher no