FORMER Labour MP Emma Dent Coad has been excluded from standing as a candidate in a decision described as a “travesty of justice.” 

In a statement released today, Ms Coad, who served as the MP for Kensington between 2017 and 2019, said she was “devastated that the Labour Party has blocked me from standing to once again represent my community.”

She said local members have been denied the opportunity to vote in a “free and fair contest,” saying that fairness has been “sacrificed for the sake of factional intrigue from Labour officials.”