Labour conference: Jeremy Corbyn says migrants make ‘enormous contribution’ to UK – Politics live

Rolling coverage of all the day’s developments at the Labour conference in Liverpool, including Jeremy Corbyn’s keynote speech

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Jeremy Corbyn will wind up the Labour conference with his keynote speech this afternoon and he wakes up to a row about immigration. Last night his team released some extracts from his speech in advance and, at a briefing, a spokesman said that Corbyn was “not concerned” about the number of EU migrants coming to the UK. The Guardian’s story is here.

Related: Jeremy Corbyn rules out pledge to cut immigration

Wednesday’s Guardian front page:
Corbyn rules out cutting immigration#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers http://pic.twitter.com/FhB8oVAdB8

Wednesday’s Daily Mail:
Now Mr Corbyn’s in La La Land on migrants#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers http://pic.twitter.com/JwrlLVlCi0

Migrants make an “enormous contribution” to the UK, @jeremycorbyn tells @MishalHusainBBC: https://t.co/ghzaqUs82a #r4today #Lab16 http://pic.twitter.com/37VYyBxGSQ

“I don’t think Donald Trump and I have much in common on anything,” Jeremy Corbyn tells @MishalHusainBBC https://t.co/JZ56wHpHmQ #r4today http://pic.twitter.com/TEkHTVbDE0

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