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Long Bailey lays out plans to ‘deliver the dreams, hopes and expectations’ of the working class
Labour leadership hopeful Rebecca Long Bailey

LABOUR leadership hopeful Rebecca Long Bailey mapped out her “path to power” today, promising to “deliver the dreams, hopes and expectations” of working-class people.

In a speech at Salford’s Lowry Theatre, Ms Long Bailey spoke of her plans to transform Labour into a social force capable of changing the country.

She called on socialists to improve their political messaging in the 21st century, and “empower” the trade-union movement in heartland seats that the party lost to the Tories last December.

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