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- UKIP leader Nigel Farage has insisted the campaign to leave the EU is a "united force" and heading for an "historic" victory, urging his supporters to put "country before party" and to "strain every sinew" to win the vote

- Douglas Carswell, the party's sole MP, has urged UKIP to work with others irrespective of party amid an internal row over which anti-EU campaign the party should back

- UKIP has reversed its position on scrapping inheritance tax, saying its immediate priority would be to give millions of public sector workers a pay increase

- UKIP has selected Peter Whittle to be its candidate for the 2016 London mayoral election

- UKIP was 'cheated' at the last election by the voting system, a leading campaigner for reform has claimed

- How do UKIP members rate their chances of winning a vote on EU membership?

- Green Party leader Natalie Bennett has urged Jeremy Corbyn to back the party's call for electoral reform.

- How much threat does Labour pose to the Greens?

Gavin Stamp
BBC political reporter

UKIP have been trying to display a carefully crafted unity today by getting all the groups that back EU exit to sing from the same hymn sheet. However, the cracks are beginning to show. The influential Business for Britain was present at the conference but didn't want to speak from the same platform, angering some "kippers". Now Douglas Carswell, the party's only MP, has backed Business for Britain - which retains strong links to the Tories but won't commit to back an EU exit until the outcome of David Cameron's negotiations - saying they have a good history of winning referendums.

This came after leader Nigel Farage told journalists that Mr Carswell had "residual loyalty" to his friends in the Conservative Party and amid reports of any angry exchange between the MP and leading UKIP donor Arron Banks - who happens to back the separate Leave.EU group.

It will be interesting to see how the dust settles on all this. 

David Cameron has joked about theclaims made about himby the former Conservative Party treasurer Lord Ashcroft.

Commenting on them for the first time the Prime Minister told a business audience in West Oxfordshire:

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The last British resident being held in Guantanamo Bay is to be returned to the UK, the government has said.

Shaker Aamer, who has been in the military prison in Cuba since 2002, has never been charged or been on trial.

Since 2007 the Saudi national has been cleared for release twice by presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama.

He has permission to live in the UK indefinitely because his wife is a British national. They have four children and live in London.

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Former Greens leader Natalie Bennett is asked how the party can differentiate itself from Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party. Ms Lucas says his election is a good thing "but of course we bring something distinctive to the agenda", citing its policies on climate change as an example.

Robin Brant
Political Correspondent

UKIP's only MP has been involved in a heated exchange with the millionaire donor who is helping to bankroll the party's EU referendum campaign over claims he threatened to have him deselected.

Douglas Carswell confronted Arron Banks this afternoon near a press room at Doncaster race course where the party is holding its conference.

An aide of Mr Banks who saw the exchange described the Clacton MP as "angry", adding he started by saying "who are you to say...".

But Mr Carswell has insisted it is not in his nature to be shouty and he was being "matter of fact".

The Clacton MP asked Mr Banks why he had apparently briefed a newspaper that he may face deselection as a UKIP candidate if he went against party policy on supporting a rival 'No' campaign in the EU referendum.

The Guardian has reported that Mr Banks, who gave £1m to UKIP last year, said Mr Carswell should explain his position and possibly face deselection if he offered official UKIP support to Business for Britain.

Mr Carswell later said "it's for him to explain the logic of undermining Parliament".

Asked if he valued the opinion of Mr Banks, Mr Carswell said '"it's very helpful of him to give his advice", later adding: "I'm very grateful for his advice on politics."

Mr Banks told the BBC his parting words to the party's only MP was '"stay classy".

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Tim Farron, George Osborne and Jeremy Corbyn feature in a one-minute catch-up of the political week with Ellie Price.  

Labour has given its reaction to UKIP leader Nigel Farage's conference speech. Shadow minister Jonathan Ashworth said it proved Mr Farage has "nothing to offer working people".

 Mr Ashworth adds:  

Natalie Bennett rounds off her speech, concluding by telling the party faithful: "Politics should be something you do, not something done to you. 2015 can be – must be - the start of the century of Green politics. Let’s get together and make it happen."

Natalie Bennett now focuses her remarks on climate change, declaring this to be the party’s "'Climate Sense' conference". She accuses the other parties of not taking the subject seriously enough.

She urges everyone to do their bit to drive climate change up the agenda.

Some commentators are asking what is the difference between Labour and the Greens, says Natalie Bennett. Well, she adds, Labour councils aren't listening to voters nor meeting their needs, and are often "in the pocket of developers and big business". Her comments are met with some applause from the assembled crowd.  

The Green leader says she hopes to to be able to work with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in securing electoral reform. Highlighting the government's slim majority in the House of Commons, she pledges: "United in a just cause, we can win electoral reform."

Natalie Bennett tells the Green Party conference: "The pressure is growing against the failed politics of austerity, on the disastrous privatisation of public services, on treating the planet as though it were a mine and a rubbish dump." She adds:

Natalie Bennett argues for a more proportional voting system in the UK. She says if it weren't for the first-past-the-post system used in the UK general election, Caroline Lucas would have been joined by 24 other Green MPs in the Commons in May.

Ms Lucas says the "political times" are changing, telling members and activists that "it’s the time of new politics". She adds:

Natalie Bennett is on her feet and begins with a quip. Noting that the conference is taking place in Bournemouth, the same place as the Lib Dems, and tells the party faithful "we’re getting used to taking seats from them" but adds "I promise that’s the only thing we’ll be following them on".