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Labour is ramping up its plans for Government in preparation for a snap poll.

Members of the Shadow Cabinet will attend an awayday on Monday where they will seek to hammer out a leftwing populist programme.

It is understood that at the event in London Labour's top politicians will develop plans for draft Queen’s speech of up to 35 bills and a budget focusing on living standards and workers’ rights.

The Guardian also reports that the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and other senior figures have been meeting with Gordon Brown to help ensure they are ready to take over the reigns straight after Theresa May loses a vote.

"We don’t want to repeat the mistake Brown made where he was only prepared for the first 100 days and then was faced with calls for an election,” a senior Labour source told the Guardian.

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Senior shadow cabinet members have reportedly been told to turn up with six priority ideas and other plans for legislation over the course of the parliament.

A source told the Mirror the proposal is part of plans by Shadow Cabinet minister Jon Trickett to get the party "ready for government".

This week a YouGov poll put Labour five points ahead of the country.

Although a general election is not due until 2020, the fragile parliamentary arithmetic and the volatility of the Tory party over Brexit means in theory the Government could collapse at any point.

Privately Labour Party staff admit they expect it to come much sooner.

Since last year's disastrous election for Theresa May, Labour have had a concerted plan to get candidates in place ahead of a early vote.

They have now managed to select most of the candidates to fight marginal seats including Faiza Shaheen, the director of the Class thinktank, who will take on Iain Duncan Smith in Chingford and Woodford Green.