The Labour Party is to hold its September 2011 conference in Liverpool, it has been confirmed.
The party's main autumn conference will be held in the city for the first time.
Labour's four-day conference will take place in Brighton this year, and in Manchester in 2010.
The Liverpool conference would be the largest conference to be held in the city.
Liverpool council welcomed the news, stating that it would be "worth millions" for businesses in the city.
Leader of Liverpool City Council Warren Bradley said: "This is really exciting news. Liverpool is one of only a small number of UK cities able to host such major events.
"The billions of pounds invested into making the city an attractive, vibrant and welcoming destination has been a major factor in securing one of the country's biggest conferences.
"Not only do you need the excellent facilities the arena and convention centre Liverpool offers, but you also have to have a large number of high quality hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues for the thousands of delegates, visitors and media. This single event will be worth millions for businesses throughout the city."
