Panicking party bosses had hastily pulped this year’s glossy brochure for the Liverpool jamboree, as it had featured a lengthy contribution from the former Deputy Prime Minister. The 45-year-old, who was Housing Secretary as well as the Deputy Labour Leader, had claimed to HMRC that the £800,000 flat in Hove was her principal residence. In the end, this week’s conference brochure had to be published online. In a sign of the chaotic last-minute changes to the conference brochure, the published timetable, which is now on the 11th page – still incorrectly shows page number 13. It also promises a speech from the ‘Deputy Leader of the Labour Party’, despite the fact that the contest to replace Ms Rayner is ongoing.