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The shadow cabinet and other senior figures are slowly arriving at the party’s clause V meeting in London, and have had their own messages for protesters calling on Labour to back freedom of movement. But who had the best response?
The leader of Unite the Union, Len McCluskey, arriving moments after Jeremy Corbyn and the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, approached protesters and shouted over them: “I’m going to support free movement, and I support migrant workers.”
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have both thanked emergency services after a large fire at a student accommodation building in Bolton.
Images posted on social media showed firefighters tackling the blaze on the top floors of a six-storey building. One witness described the fire as “crawl[ing] up the cladding like it was nothing”.
My thoughts are with all those affected by the serious fire in Bolton last night.
Thank you to emergency services for your brave response.
I have spoken with AFC Tony Hunter who is in charge at the scene, and we are doing everything to ensure they have all the required support.
Thank you to the 40 fire crews who tackled the #BoltonFire and the emergency services who treated people at the student accommodation.
If reports are correct and flammable cladding contributed to the fire, it shows the government’s shameful inaction since Grenfell.