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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn vowed to transform the economy and establish a Westminster government “on the side” of people in Wales.

Continuing Labour’s summer campaign in marginal seats, Mr Corbyn was on a visit to Aberconwy and Arfon constituencies.

Aberconwy is held by Tory Guto Bebb with a slim majority of 635 votes, while Plaid’s Hywel Williams holds Arfon with an even tighter lead of 92 votes.

Speaking as he campaigned with party activists in Bangor, he said: “Let’s get ready to do it all again, to get the Tories out and make sure we get a Labour MP here in Arfon.”

Speaking ahead of campaigning in the marginal constituencies in North Wales, he said: “The next Labour government will transform our economy.

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“We will develop the jobs, skills, infrastructure and industries of the future through an investment-led approach, supported by our National Transformation Fund and a Welsh development bank, building on the Welsh Labour Government’s Development Bank of Wales.

“People in Wales need a government in Westminster that is on their side. Prices are surging ahead of wages, as all but the richest face a lost decade under the Tories.

“People need a pay rise – Labour will bring in a £10 minimum wage by 2020 and end the public sector pay cap - and bills to be brought under control.

“We will end the rip-off of privatised rail and introduce an emergency energy price cap while we create the option of a publicly-owned energy system, to put money and control back in people’s hands.

“Today, I’m campaigning in the Conservative-held marginal of Aberconwy and Plaid-held Arfon as part of Labour’s summer campaign in marginal constituencies across the country.

“We can win here and form the next government that will work for the many not the few.”

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Visiting the Ty Hapus community centre in Llandudno Mr Corbyn met with community activist Theresea Evans whose son Llywelyn, died on duty while serving in the armed forces in Iraq

Afterwards he spoke to a large crowd packed into a city centre park after a last minute change of venue over concerns about capacity on Bangor ’s High Street.

Anglesey MP, Albert Owen said that the country needed as many Labour MPs as possible as they look to unseat the left wing Plaid Cymru MP, Hywel Williams.

“ Plaid Cymru , have had their chance, they’ve been the establishment here in northwest Wales for decades and people want change. The only change they’ll get is from the real party of Wales and that’s the Labour party,” he said.

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Mr Corbyn was confronted by a sea of European Union flags after anti-brexit campaigners distributed them among the crowd, he told his audience though that they had to accept Brexit but Britain need to secure tariff free access to European markets to protect British jobs.

His words disappointed Corbyn supporting activists who are against Brexit. One campaigner, Simone Jones who had travelled from Holywell said: “I’m here to try and get the Labour Party back to where it should be which is fighting for the European Union not trying to get us out.”

Meanwhile, Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell has suggested a compromise may be reached on an attempt by Mr Corbyn’s allies to make it easier to get a candidate from their wing of the party into a future Labour leadership contest.

The shadow chancellor said “the heat is off” on the so-called “McDonnell amendment”, which would allow candidates to stand for the leadership with the support of fewer MPs, and ruled out standing for the position himself.

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Some observers had predicted a battle over the amendment - which would lower the threshold required to get on the leadership ballot from 15% of MPs to 5% - at next month’s party conference.

But Mr McDonnell said the mood towards the left wing of the party had changed among MPs after Mr Corbyn greatly outperformed expectations in the General Election.

Critics had believed allies of Mr Corbyn wanted to pass the amendment at the Brighton conference in September to tighten their grip on the party, with a left-wing candidate more likely to be supported by members, who are given a vote only after candidates are nominated by MPs.

But Mr McDonnell told the Guardian: “For propaganda purposes people are calling it the McDonnell amendment, but I’ve distanced myself from it all along: one, I’m never standing for leader of the Labour party, and two, it wasn’t my idea in the first place.

“I think there’s a demand for change in terms of the nomination procedure, and in the usual Labour Party way, if it does get pushed by some, there will be a compromise around what’s liveable.

“But the heat is off really; it’s not as critical for some people as it was in the past.”