Latest updates: Labour party expects to retain seat but Tories will be pleased to win above 20% of vote, says election expert

Good morning and welcome to the politics blog today.

The big politics story today is that the first Westminster byelection since the resignations of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss and the financial fallout from the mini-budget takes place in Chester today.

It should be a very, very comfortable Labour victory.

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