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Labour conference: John McDonnell unveils £500 workers share plan
				Image copyright EPA  Labour would force all large firms to give shares to their workers netting them up to £500 a year each, John McDonnell will say on Monday.In his main party conference speech, the shadow chancellor will set out planned…					
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Labour conference: deselecting MPs to be made easier
				Image copyright PA  Image caption  Labour's annual conference is taking place in Liverpool  Labour's annual conference has voted to make it easier for local party members to deselect sitting MPs.Until now, Labour MPs only faced a…					
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De-selection row
				Image copyright PA  Image caption  Unite's Len McCluskey backs the changes  So what was Sunday's row over MP deselections at the Labour Party conference really all about?First, it speaks to the increasing tensions within the party's left…					
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Anti-Semitism row: Union chiefs ‘trying to smear Jewish community’
				Image copyright PA  Image caption  Mark Serwotka (L) and Len McCluskey have been criticised for their comments  Labour MPs have hit out at union chiefs at a party conference fringe event for their remarks about the anti-Semitism row in the…					
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David Lammy: ‘Can you hear us Jeremy Corbyn?’
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Corbyn: ‘Anti-Semitism is a scourge on any society’
				Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will continue to oppose anti-Semitism and that his party has taken steps to address it.Following a summer dominated by rows over his past conduct and his response to problems in the party, Mr Corbyn said…					
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Referendum shift?
				Image copyright EPA  Image caption  Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said Labour should be ready to back demands for a new Brexit vote  Two significant shifts have happened on the eve of Labour conference… and they both involve the party's…					
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Labour ‘must listen’ to members on people’s vote, says Tom Watson
				Image copyright PA  Labour should be prepared to back demands for a new Brexit referendum, deputy leader Tom Watson has said.He told the Observer he would prefer Brexit to be debated in an election but if members favour another public…					
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No-deal Brexit ‘no problem’, Nigel Farage says at Leave Means Leave rally
				Image copyright Getty Images  A no-deal Brexit is "no problem", Nigel Farage has said at a rally of the Leave Means Leave campaign group.The former UKIP leader told an audience in Bolton the current government negotiations on Brexit could…					
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Jeremy Hunt: Don’t mistake politeness for weakness
				Image copyright Getty Images  Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged the EU not to mistake British politeness for weakness after Brexit negotiations reached an impasse.After rejecting the UK's proposals, Donald Tusk, head of the European…					
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