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Vuelio Home<\/a> – Labour Party Conference 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>
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Labour Party Conference 2017<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of the most important periods in the political calendar, but with so much to keep up with during conference season, you can\u2019t be everywhere at once. With the Vuelio team at the Labour party conference, you can rest assured that wherever you are, you won\u2019t miss a thing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>

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Speeches<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

Influencer Reaction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

Fringe Events<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>

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Daily Summary – Day\u00a04<\/span><\/p>\n

Today the Labour Party Conference culminated in the leader\u2019s speech. Jeremy Corbyn opened by emphasising that although Labour had not won the election, it was now the \u2018government-in-waiting\u2019. Moving on to the Government, he accused Theresa May of having found the \u2018magic money tree\u2019 and using it to fund her deal with the DUP, and of having a \u2018coalition of chaos\u2019 just in her own cabinet. He criticised the Conservatives\u2019 \u2018callous and calculating\u2019 record and suggested that Labour had managed to make them drop many policies. Talking about the election, he praised the Labour manifesto and campaigners, whilst criticising the media (especially the Daily Mail) and abusive commentators online.<\/p>\n

Moving on to Brexit, he criticised the Conservatives for their \u2018bungling\u2019 and gave a full guarantee to EU citizens. He described a Conservative Brexit as a \u2018real threat\u2019 to the economy, and promised that a Labour government would stay within the \u2018basic terms\u2019 of the single market and customs union for a limited transition period. He said that Labour was the only party which could unite leave and remain voters. He promised to use powers returned from Brussels to support a new industrial strategy, emphasising that it \u2018isn\u2019t migrants who drive down wages and conditions\u2019.<\/p>\n

Corbyn spoke of the need to replaced Margaret Thatcher\u2019s \u2018broken model\u2019. He called for a more active role for the government in the economy, criticising the Conservatives for their \u2018extractive\u2019 economic approach. Citing the example of Grenfell Tower, he argued for decent homes for all, including through \u2018rent controls\u2019 and reformed regeneration. He paid tribute to public service workers and identified the challenges posed by automation, suggesting that \u2018technological advances\u2019 be \u2018publicly managed\u2019 and that a National Education Service be established to reskill the workforce. He insisted that democracy must mean listening to people, increasing accountability and democratisation of local services. He attacked human rights abuses abroad and condemned Trump\u2019s speech at the United Nations last week.<\/p>\n

Concluding, he said that a \u2018new consensus is emerging from the great economic crash\u2019 and that Labour is \u2018now the political mainstream.\u2019 His closing words were that \u2018Labour can and will deliver a Britain for the many not just the few.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Daily Summary – Day 3<\/span><\/p>\n

The penultimate day of the conference began with Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth intending to speak about his plans for the NHS, however the conversations he had were largely focussed on anti-Semitism. This came as the party debated rule changes relating to anti-Semitism which had been proposed by the Jewish Labour Movement. Ashworth did eventually get the chance to speak about the NHS, downplaying remarks made by John McDonnell yesterday relating to PFI agreements and saying only a \u2018handful\u2019 of contracts would need looking at. John Prescott, who was deputy prime minister under Tony Blair, said the Blair government was wrong to bring PFI agreements into place.<\/p>\n

By far the biggest issue of the day was the proposed rule change on anti-Semitism, which was backed by Corbyn and the NEC. The party agreed to tough new rules that would help tackle anti-Semitism after a very heated debate. Tom Watson said the party would have to look at how a speaker named Miko Peled was given a platform at a conference fringe event, after he stated that people should be allowed to question whether the Holocaust had taken place.<\/p>\n

During his speech, Owen Smith proposed that Northern Ireland could remain part of the EU even with the rest of the UK leaving. Rebecca Long-Bailey also spoke, saying the UK was on the cusp of the fourth industrial revolution. She claimed that the industrial strategy proposed by the party would \u201ceclipse the new deal set out by Franklin D Roosevelt in the history books\u201d. Angela Rayner spoke of how Labour will reverse \u00a3500m cuts in funding for Sure Start centres, and would provide all the funding that schools need to modernise their buildings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Daily Summary – Day 2<\/span><\/p>\n

Day two of the Labour Conference began with discussions on the party\u2019s position on the UK\u2019s membership of the European Single Market. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan chimed into the debate by saying that he would like the UK to remain permanently in the single market. John McDonnell said the party needs to make sure it takes into account the concerns of those who voted to leave.<\/p>\n

Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry aimed parts of her speech at Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, claiming that Johnson should take a paternity test to see the true origin of the arguments and false claims surrounding Brexit. Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer said this is a tragic moment for the Government, and it does not have the strength to govern. Johnson was also a feature of Starmer\u2019s speech, in which he was listed alongside David Cameron and Theresa May as the authors of the Brexit tragedy. Starmer also touched upon the subject of the day, saying that Labour could keep the UK in a reformed single market and a form of customs union.<\/p>\n

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell delivered the keynote speech of the day and will have made some headlines with his pledge to end new Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts and bring existing ones back ‘in-house’. McDonnell also said that he would attempt to introduce cap on the interest payments on credit cards.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Daily Summary – Day 1<\/span><\/p>\n

In an interview on the Andrew Marr show marking the start of Labour Party Conference, Corbyn stated that he is wary of committing to staying in the European single market because it would restrict the powers of a Labour government to implement its party\u2019s policies in the future. He stated that he wants tariff-free access after Brexit after but cited concerns about restrictions on state aid and pressures for privatisation. In his Peston on Sunday interview, John McDonnell was also asked about Labour\u2019s position on membership of the single market. He said, given the way it operated at the moment, it was \u201cdifficult to see\u201d how Labour could agree to stay in it.<\/p>\n

The primary business in the main conference hall is entitled \u201cprotecting our communities\u201d. Diane Abbott addressed the conference and claimed the Tories have \u201cweaponised immigration\u201d, and announced that Labour\u2019s approach to immigration in government would focus on \u201cfairness and the reasonable management of migration\u201d. She also stated that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea should be taken over by commissioners because of its failings over Grenfell Tower.<\/p>\n

In a fringe event organised by The Party of European Socialists and the Labour Movement for Europe, Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit Secretary stated that the next phase of negotiations with the EU will not start on time. He welcomed Theresa May’s decision to opt for a post-Brexit transitional period, saying “the penny has dropped” that a new deal won’t be in place by 2019.<\/p>\n

Following the decision by Transport for London to declare Uber as not fit to hold a private hire operator license, London Mayor Sadiq Khan stated that he is not going to apologise for enforcing rules that were suggested by experts at Transport for London. He said that TfL did not give just one reason for Uber losing its license, it gave four, and if people are angry, they should direct their anger towards Uber.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>