Monday at the Liberal Democrat conference

Summary

The Liberal Democrat conference is taking place in Glasgow
In his keynote speech, Business Secretary Vince Cable attacked proposed Conservative spending cuts after the election
Answering questions from party members, party leader Nick Clegg said current drugs policy was "idiotic"

Live Reporting

Pippa Simm

Stephen Bush, the Telegraphpublished at 09:22 British Summer Time 6 October 2014
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Andrew Neil, BBCpublished at 09:17 British Summer Time 6 October 2014
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Cable speechpublished at 09:14 British Summer Time 6 October 2014
In his speech to activists at 12.20 BST, Vince Cable is also expected to defend the benefits of immigration. He will also attack his Conservative coalition colleagues over their proposed benefit freeze, announced at the party's conference last week.
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Mr Cable is due to make his keynote conference speech at 12.20 BST
And they're offpublished at 09:12 British Summer Time 6 October 2014
Business is now under way at the Lib Dem conference in Glasgow, beginning with a debate on adapting to climate change in the UK. The policy motion takes note of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which described the impacts of global warming as "severe, pervasive and irreversible".
Other speakerspublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 6 October 2014
In the main hall, we will also hear from Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams and Jo Swinson, minister for employment relations, consumer and postal affairs and minister for women and equalities. There'll be debates on climate change, affordable homes, flooding, same-sex marriage and equalities.
Good morningpublished at 09:08 British Summer Time 6 October 2014
Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of Monday's session at the Liberal Democrat conference. Topping today's billing is a speech from Business Secretary Vince Cable, who is expected to announce plans to give the lowest-paid apprentices a pay rise of £1.06 an hour. The move is backed by the Conservatives, and could come into effect next October if approved by regulators. Mr Cable is due to address conference at 12.20 BST.