Labour delegates press for Royal Mail nationalisation after rail pledge

Conference also passes motion in support of Labour MPs attending picket lines, in rebuke to Keir Starmer

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Labour would renationalise the railways, its conference has been told, although Keir Starmer will continue to face pressure after delegates unanimously passed union-backed motions urging public ownership of Royal Mail and inflation-proof pay rises.

The party leadership avoided a potentially divisive split on public ownership of energy and water firms, as the leftwing campaign group Momentum accused it of rigging the system" to water down a related motion.