Labour conference: Shadow cabinet deal 'on the cards'

A deal paving the way for elections to Labour's shadow cabinet could be done well before the party's proposed review in November, the BBC has been told.
The agreement, which is being brokered by the party's chief whip Rosie Winterton, would involve MPs being permitted to elect only a proportion of shadow cabinet places.
Progress had been made and "this will be sorted", one shadow minister said.
Reinstating elections has been a key demand of MPs who quit this summer.
At the very start of this week's conference in Liverpool, speaker after speaker at a Labour First rally - filled to... read more
27 September 2016 in
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