Summary

  • Tim Farron told Lib Dem conference his mission was to get party back into power

  • Norman Lamb called for English councils to be able to raise their own NHS taxes

  • Ex-leader Nick Clegg insisted Lib Dems could be the "comeback kids" of politics

Live Reporting

Alex Hunt, Tom Moseley and Kristiina Cooper

  1. Talking about housing

    We're going to be hearing plenty about Britain's housing crisis, with Tim Farron putting it at the heart of his conference speech and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn saying the issue will be his number one priority. Here's Mr Corbyn's new housing spokesman, John Healey, in a Guardian interview:

    My top priority is declining home ownership because we have to recognise that is the type of housing most people most want. It is the type of housing that has been dropping like a stone and for young people their hopes of being able to get on the housing ladder are all gone in most parts of the country.”

  2. Sturgeon's human rights warning

    Nicola SturgeonReuters

    Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has renewed her opposition to the UK government's plans to repeal the Human Rights Act.

    Conservative ministers want to replace the law with a British bill of rights.

    In a speech in Glasgow, Ms Sturgeon argued that change will reduce existing protections and the UK's standing in the world.

    The Conservatives have said they want to give the "final say" on human rights to the UK Supreme Court.

  3. EU 'resentment'

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    BBC political correspondent Carole Walker says there will be "some resentment" among other EU leaders that David Cameron has opted out of the quota system for migrants. The first of the 20,000 refugees to be resettled by the UK have arrived. However, "when you look at those numbers that is a tiny fraction of the huge numbers that have been arriving in Greece and Italy", she adds.

  4. Glee Club

    It was the Lib Dem Glee Club singalong last night at party conference. The annual knees-up had already sparked controversy with lyrics about former leader Charles Kennedy, who died in June. We can get a sample of the event itself thanks to some of the journalists who called in:

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    Tomorrow's line-up

  6. Farron's pitch

    Ross Hawkins
    Political correspondent

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    Here's Ross Hawkins looking ahead to the Lib Dem leader's big conference speech:

    Tim Farron will admit that the Liberal Democrats made mistakes in government, but will tell activists - some of whom still wince to recall the party's u-turn on tuition fees - that he will not repudiate the last five years. Power - he will say - is tough, but worth it. Mr Farron will also make clear that he intends to campaign on housing. Lib Dem peers are to breach a convention that the House of Lords should not vote down commitments made in a governing party's manifesto. They will oppose Conservative plans that would extend the right to buy to housing association homes in England. The Lib Dems will set out their own scheme to build 10 new garden cities, and promise to tell voters before the election where five of them would be constructed."

  7. Ramping up

    Ben Wright
    BBC political correspondent

    Ben Wright is reporting from the EU summit in Brussels:

    The UK is ramping up the diplomatic effort to persuade 27 other EU countries to back its renegotiation package. The broad themes are known - but not the fine detail - and ministers are keeping that concealed, for now. Philip Hammond said it wasn't a question of the UK having a "hard and fast set of demands" - a statement that may concern some of his more Euro sceptic MPS. There is an argument, sometimes heard in Brussels, that Britain's decision not to voluntarily take any migrants already in the EU, may harm its renegotiation efforts. But Philip Hammond said Europe's migration crisis played directly into concerns Britain has raised about free movement of people within the EU."

  8. Away from politics

    First minister tweets

  9. Sun shining on the Lib Dems

    BBC politics presenter tweets

  10. Press reaction to Osborne

    OsbornePA

    Mr Osborne's decision to visit China is the subject of plenty of discussion in this morning's newspapers. The Daily Mail's City editor Alex Brummer suggests his enthusiasm "comes at the worst possible time" as the US threatens to impose sanctions on Beijing and Chinese share prices continue to fall. The Guardian suggests a "reluctance to be explicit about the strategy carries big political and democratic costs". The Financial Times believes Mr Osborne is right to seek a closer bilateral economic relationship with Beijing. But it is concerned by the "lack of reciprocity" in a relationship where "Britain seems prepared to throw open its doors for any Chinese company for investment in almost any sector".

    Today's paper review

  11. Osborne's China trip

    Chancellor George Osborne, meanwhile, is the first UK minister to visit Xinjiang province, in north-west China.

    He has set out an aim of making China the UK's second largest trading partner by 2025.

    But campaigners have urged him to raise concerns about the treatment of the province's Muslim Uighur minority.

    Amnesty International said Uighurs had been subjected to "heavy-handed" security measures since an outbreak of unrest in 2009.

    Read the full story

  12. Housing plans

    Tim FarronPA

    Housing is set to feature prominently in Tim Farron's conference speech later.

    The Lib Dem leader has unveiled a series of plans, including a housing investment bank and allowing councils to borrow up to £7bn extra to fund new homes.

    He also vowed to tear up parliamentary conventions in an effort to block David Cameron's plan to sell off housing association properties.

    Read more on Tim Farron's housing pledges

  13. UK's renegotiation

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    Ahead of the EU summit, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says the migration crisis in Europe "plays directly" into issues around the UK's renegotiation of its EU membership.

    He said the crisis was "focusing attention" on the challenges large-scale migration across the EU presents.

    EU migration is one of the issues the government wants to address in its renegotiation of Britain's membership.

    Read the full story

  14. Good morning

    Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of UK politics on the last day of the Lib Dem conference. Leader Tim Farron is set to address the party faithful at about noon - you'll be able to watch it live, with reaction, analysis and text commentary here as it happens. We'll also be bringing you all the latest from the EU summit.