Is the first Labour leadership hustings tomorrow?

Tomorrow is the Progress Annual conference. As always, they have an impressive array of speakers.

But the lunchtime session,Deciding the decade to come: How does Labour win back Britain?, may be the one that piques the most interest. On the panel are Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Mary Creagh, Tristram Hunt and Liz Kendall.

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All but Hunt have declared that they’re standing to be leader. But now that Chuka Umunna has dropped out of the race, it’s possible that Hunt will throw his name into the hat.

Will this turn out to be the first leadership hustings, then? LabourList will be reporting from the conference tomorrow, so we’ll keep you updated…

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