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Libby Brooks

Wednesday briefing: ​Can Andy Burnham live up to the party’s faith in him?

Andy Burnham bows his head walking through a crowd holding pink
The PM’s hopeful messaging must be backed up with deliverable promises. Photograph: News Images/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Good morning from Liverpool (and hello again to the newsletter subscribers I met in person, as I took First Edition on tour to Labour party conference).

It’s the first gathering of the party faithful since Andy Burnham ousted Keir Starmer in July, in what I’ve heard delicately referred to as a “soft coup”, and the theme of this conference is “Hope again.”

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