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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.
The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
by David Nicholson, Wales reporter
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
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