There's a new plan to make it easier for a Jeremy Corbyn-style candidate to lead Labour

A new plan is under way to make it easier for a
Jeremy Corbyn -style left-wing outsider to lead the
Labour party .
Allies of Mr Corbyn have revived a bid to lower the
number of MPs that need to nominate a candidate
before they can get on the ballot.
At the moment, Labour leadership candidates can't
face a vote by the party's 500,000-plus members until
15% of MPs and MEPs approve their bid.
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Jeremy Corbyn only got past this threshold with
seconds to spare in 2015, and some of his nominees
didn't support him but agreed to "broaden the
debate".
Left-wingers fear the threshold would make it
impossible for a candidate with Mr Corbyn's politics to
take his place after he leaves office.
There had been a push towards lowering it to 5% -
meaning fewer than 15 MPs or MEPs would need to
back a potential leaders. This was nicknamed the
McDonnell Amendment after the Shadow Chancellor.
Now allies of Mr Corbyn are understood to be pushing
a compromise threshold of 10% instead.
"There will certainly be pushes for 10%," a left-wing
Labour source said.
The move was first reported over the weekend by the
Huffington Post, then the Independent.
The Independent reported the compromise is backed
by key figures among Labour's union backers.
Huffington Post reported the motion itself will be put
before Labour's party conference this month by the
TSSA rail workers' union.
If it is put to a vote by delegates from across the
country, and passes, it will mean just 28
parliamentarians need to approve a leadership
candidate in future.

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