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JEREMY CORBYN won four standing ovations yesterday as he confounded critics with a confident conference speech.
Labour’s straight-talking new leader continued to defy convention, ditching sound bites to talk about the values of a “kinder politics” and “more caring” society.
Speaking just two weeks after winning the biggest mandate of any leader in Labour’s history, Mr Corbyn might have expected an enthusiastic reception.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN
JOE GILL looks at research on the reasons people voted as they did last week and concludes Labour is finished unless it ditches Starmer and changes course
