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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is set to hold a rally in Liverpool city centre next Monday evening.

He is due to speak to supporters on St George’s Plateau at 7pm just two days after his leadership challenger, Welsh MP Owen Smith, is in the city.

Mr Corbyn visited Liverpool during the 2015 Labour leadership election and packed out the Adelphi Hotel and this was later seen as a key moment in his sudden rise from outsider to front-runner in the race he subsequently won.

Now the Labour leader is set to return to the city exactly a year later in an event organised by local councillors.

Liverpool Croxteth councillor Peter Mitchell who organised the event, told the ECHO: “We’re expecting many people to come along and show their support for Jeremy and for democracy ion the Labour party in general.

“It’s an iconic setting for an iconic leader.”

He said he had attended the Adelphi meeting in 2015 and was one of 10 Liverpool councillors who supported Jeremy Corbyn and added: “That rally at the Adelphi was the first times I saw the commitment Jeremy inspires from ordinary people who have been inspired to join the party and see there is a different way for Labour to link in with the wider community.

“People feel disengaged with many politicians and Jeremy has a way of reaching out tothose who don’t normally get engaged because his message is one of anti austerity and hope.”

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

However, MPs have remained unhappy in his leadership and the challenge to his position was first thrown down by Walasey MP Angela Eagle , although she later withdrew and backed Mr Smith .

Mr Smith will be meeting with Labour invited supporters on Saturday July 30.