Corbyn sets up row

demand that people in the party have been making for years,” the source said. “She came to Liverpool and stood steadfast against attempts by some to unpick the proposals. “Nobody else has emerged from this conference in Liverpool with so many victories under their belt.”

Pat Rafferty, Unite’s Scottish secretary, said he was “disappointed” by the way the decision had been made. “We are fully supportive of autonomy for the Scottish Labour Party and have campaigned for it,” he said.

“But having Scottish Labour’s new seat on the NEC appointed by one person doesn’t sit well with our values of democracy, accountability and bringing power closer to people.” Jeremy Corbyn risks sparking a row within his party ahead of his keynote speech to the Labour conference as aides said he was not making it an objective to reduce immigration.

The Labour leader will announce plans to restore a multimillion-pound fund to help local communities deal with the impact of immigration in his address to Labour delegates in Liverpool.

But the refusal to commit to reducing migration will cause controversy just hours after shadow home secretary Andy Burnham today warns the party must “face up fully” to the fact that millions of its supporters “voted for change on immigration” in the EU ref- erendum. It follows a warning from prominent backbencher Rachel Reeves of “bubbling tensions” over immigration which “could explode” into riots on the streets of Britain.

Mr Corbyn will call on rebel MPS to “end the trench warfare” and accept the decision of members and supporters who re-elected him four days ago.

He promised yesterday to announce new recruits to his depleted shadow ministerial team by the time Parliament returns on 10 October, some of whom are expected to be among the dozens who quit the front bench in June in protest at his leadership.

And he will put the party on notice to prepare for a snap general election in 2017, with aides making clear he will back an early vote if Prime