Rudd says won't stand for Labor leadership

KEVIN Rudd says there are now "no circumstances" under which he would return to the Labor leadership.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard called a spill of the Labor leadership on Thursday, but Mr Rudd did not challenge despite caucus members urging him to do so.

He said to AAP through a spokesman on Friday that he had been consistent that he would not challenge for the leadership and that he would contest the next election as a local member of parliament.

"That position hasn't changed," the spokesman said.

"Furthermore, Mr Rudd wishes to make 100 per cent clear to all members of the parliamentary Labor Party, including his own supporters, that there are no circumstances under which he will return to the Labor Party leadership in the future."

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