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Labour members put left foot even further forward

Jim Pickard

Brighton | Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party began its annual conference as one of the most leftwing mainstream political parties in Europe. At the end of the four-day event it had moved even further to the left.

During the gathering in Brighton, shadow ministers desperate to shift the narrative away from Brexit and Labour’s internal rows rolled out a series of eye-catching policies. They included £60 billion ($110 billion) of loans for people to buy electric cars, £6 billion a year of free care for the elderly and a new state-owned company to produce generic medicines.

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Jim Pickard is a columnist with the Financial Times. Connect with Jim on Twitter.

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