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Liz Truss's growth plan looms over the Labour Party conference in Liverpool this week after Starmer orders his Shadow Cabinet to make growth the theme of the gathering

The ghost of Liz Truss will haunt the Labour Party conference this week, after Sir Keir Starmer ordered his Shadow Cabinet to make growth the theme of the gathering in Liverpool.

A source said that every frontbencher had been told to promote the idea in their speeches.

To reinforce the idea – which is designed to steal the Tories' clothes as the party which can be trusted with the economy – Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves will hold a private reception for 50 chief executives at the conference.