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Labour leadership contender Owen Smith is set to hold a rally in Liverpool on Saturday.

The Welsh MP is due to speak to supporters in Camp and Furnace on Saturday at 2pm ahead of rival Jeremy Corbyn visiting the city on August 1.

It is Mr Smith’s first campaign event in Liverpool as he continues in his bid to oust Jeremy Corbyn from the party leadership.

On Thursday Mr Smith committed himself to greater equality at work, pledging plans to appoint a cabinet-level minister to deliver fair employment if he was elected.

In a shift in approach from the New Labour era, Mr Smith said he would focus Labour’s efforts on achieving “equality of outcome” rather than the “equality of opportunity” under Tony Blair.

It comes after he criticised party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Mr Blair for not being radical enough and called for Labour to be more bold.

The labour leadership result is due on September 24 following a postal ballot of members, affiliates and registered supporters.

Mr Smith is challenging Jeremy Corbyn after a vote of no confidence in the Islington North MP’s leadership by 172-40, although Corbyn is still the favourite to be re-elected in September.

Tickets for Owen Smith’s rally can be booked from: www.owen2016.com/owen_in_liverpool