Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One, shadow Treasury minister Chris Leslie said that in order to rebuild trust Labour "can't make promises that we can't afford to keep". He said the party must prove that it is prepared to take "tough decisions" - and insisted Labour could balance the nation's books.

BBC's Chris Mason, in Manchester

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Labour must stand up for the squeezed middle, says Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, but it must also look after "our betrayed base". He says hardworking people are having to make appalling choices - buy food or stay warm. Unison's NHS workers in England have voted for strike action in a dispute over pay. Mr Prentis is calling on the Labour leadership to support Unison members.

Labour MP Chris Bryant

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Do voters trust Labour to run the economy? That's what the World at One's Martha Kearney was asking earlier today on BBC Radio 4. She spoke to local residents in Manchester and Ipsos MORI's head of political research, Gideon Skinner.

Labour candidate Jamie Hanley

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Editor of Total Politics, Sam Macrory

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Assistant editor, The Spectator, Isabel Hardman

tweets:, external Ooohh. Ed Miliband thanks the unions who bravely took a stand and said UK was better together. Not a dig at Len McCluskey and Unite at all.

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To be honest I would not let Ed Balls loose with my change let alone the nation's finance. And believe me two Eds are not better than one!

Mail Online deputy political editor, Tom McTague

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Here's Ed Miliband on stage with colleagues involved in the campaign to keep Scotland a part of the United Kingdom. Cue music and a jolly clap-along.

Shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves says her first act if Labour came to power would be to scrap the "bedroom tax" - the changes to housing benefit that the government calls the "spare room subsidy". Ms Reeves says: "That day cannot come soon enough." She adds that she has written to the Lib Dem leader, Nick Clegg today urging him to support Labour on this issue.

Thanks all round from the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, for the part played by key Labour figures in the Better Together campaign. MPs, MSPs, unions and party workers all got a mention. Joking that it was starting to sound a bit like the Oscars, Mr Miliband called the major players up on stage for a photo-call.

What do Labour Party delegates think about plans to limit Scottish MPs' voting rights on English matters? Daily Politics reporter Adam Fleming took the mood box - an unscientific test with a box and plastic balls - to get reaction from the conference in Manchester. He asked delegates whether they thought Scottish MPs should be banned, or not, from voting in Westminster on matters that only affect England. Here's their verdict.

A passionate speech from the Scottish Labour leader, Johann Lamont. She calls hunger a moral crime and says Labour's goal is a "truly just society". If the Labour party is not a moral crusade, she says, "then we are nothing".

Nick Hunt

tweets:, external @BBCPolitics Increase the minimum wage, scrap the bedroom tax. Who'll pay? Haven't we had enough of Labour's tax and spend culture? #Labour

Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont's speech received a very warm welcome from conference delegates.

Alan Anderson

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Labour MEP Richard Howitt

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