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Labour left defends Drakeford against criticism for planning to attend event alongside expelled individuals

Parliamentary reporter @TrinderMatt

THE Labour left defended Mark Drakeford today after the party’s leader in Wales was criticised for planning to attend an event alongside individuals expelled from Labour.

The Welsh First Minister is due to address The World Transformed (TWT), an annual festival of progressive politics that takes place alongside the Labour Party conference in Brighton at the end of September.

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