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Labour cancels annual conference due to coronavirus

LABOUR’s annual party conference has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, it was announced yesterday.

The conference was due to be held in Liverpool from September 19-23, and would have been Sir Keir Starmer’s first as Labour leader.

It will now be replaced with online events.

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