Labour conference set to go ahead after security crisis averted

Labour’s conference in Liverpool will go ahead next month, after the party put an end to the doubt over security issues.

It has been confirmed that the OCS Group will provide security for the conference at the end of September – avoiding the uncomfortable situation of having GMB picket the event by handing the contract to Showsec, a company they are currently in dispute with.

Labour’s General Secretary Iain McNicol said this afternoon:

“I am happy to announce we have agreed that OCS Group, the existing provider of security services at ACC Liverpool, will deliver security for the Labour Party Conference. We look forward to working together on what will be an excellent event.”

The news will come as a relief to many, with doubts around the conference heightening tensions in the party over recent weeks.