Councillor Peter Hammond resigned as Labour leader after Labour's NEC blocked them joining the cabinet in November last year.

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Peter Hammond, former leader of the Labour group, resigned in November after Labour's governing body, the National Executive Committee, overruled a decision by party councillors to join the cabinet.

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The BBC's political editor Andrew Marr examines the questions raised by the Hammond report's analysis of Peter Mandelson's involvement in the Hinduja passport affair.

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