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LATEST NEWS: NO DELEGATES VOTE TO STOP THE PRINT EDITION OF THE SOCIALIST STANDARD. On an indicative vote the motion was rejected at Annual Conference 30 April 2017 by nil votes for, 12 against and 2 abstentions. The motion now goes to a vote of the whole membership

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