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Labour leadership race: Three mainstream candidates booed at hustings

Veteran left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn received the warmest welcome of all the candidates at a Labour leadership campaign hustings.

All three of his rivals were booed and heckled on the issue of renewing Trident, and for refusing to condemn Tory welfare reforms.

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Left-wing candidate Jeremy Corbyn scrapes onto ballot

Jeremy Corbyn Credit: Press Association

Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing outsider candidate for the Labour leadership contest has secured his place on the ballot just minutes before the deadline passed, according to his campaign agent.

Mr Corbyn, the MP for Islington North, scraped 35 nominations in the dying seconds of the first major hurdle in the race.

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