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Daily conference update from MATT WILLGRESS

YESTERDAY saw Labour conference discuss Jeremy Corbyn’s transformative economic policy and our party continue to reaffirm and develop Labour’s plan to ensure the economy grows, public services receive investment and living standards are raised.
Conference debated the excellent An Economy for the Many motion from Unite and others and heard from shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
In his speech McDonnell explained that “the greater the mess we inherit, the more radical we have to be. The greater the need for change, the greater the opportunity we have to create that change — and we will.”
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