LABOUR’S next leader is set to face their first test at the Trades Union Congress, according to the election timetable agreed by the party’s executive yesterday.

Voting will get underway in mid August and the new leader will be unveiled at a special conference on Saturday September 12 — a day before TUC congress begins in Brighton.

That means the winner is likely to give their first address as leader, aside from an acceptance speech, to thousands of workers representing 51 trade unions.