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Rayner pledged to "build Cumberland Cancer Hospital", a unit which was opened in 2021 under Conservatives plans to build 40 new hospitals by 2030.

David Allen will take up the role for the next four years, succeeding the Conservatives who have held the role since 2012.

It comes after Cllr Joseph Ghayouba was allegedly blocked from the list of candidates to represent the party in the next general election.