Chair Keith Vaz MP wraps up the main conference business in the hall and delegates head off to fringe meetings, some late afternoon sun or a spot of socialising.

John McDonnell receives high praise for his speech from the unions. Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said it was "inspirational and historic" and set out the "dividing line" between Labour and the Conservatives on economic policy. Meanwhile, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said it provided "hope for the future".

Some more reaction to shadow chancellor John McDonnell's first conference speech in his new role.

Mark Littlewood, director general of free market think-tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, described Mr McDonnell's economic rhetoric as "deeply disturbing".

Shadow culture, media and sport secretary Michael Dugher attacks Conservative plans for the future of the BBC. "We won't let these Bullingdon boys bully our BBC," he tells delegates.

Take a look inside the Labour conference hall with BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith, who explains why, external the many journalists in Brighton this week will actually see little of the conference itself.

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has welcomed John McDonnell's plan to review the Bank of England and the Treasury. In its verdict of the shadow chancellor's speech, the ICAEW said.

It said it would be "interesting" to see what business policies Labour comes up with "in the months and years ahead".

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Speaking at a lunchtime fringe event at Labour conference, former Home Secretary Alan Johnson said those who want to campaign to stay in the EU ''shouldn't be at all complacent".  

He said the polls would move around but it was important not just to win it but to win it well. A big win, he said, would finish the issue and end UKIP for good.

Mr Johnson said Labour should learn the lessons from the referendum campaign in Scotland and "be careful whose platforms we share", ruling out campaigning with the Conservatives.

He said he had no interest in joining those who say "stay in Europe so we can subdue workers' rights", but the LibDems weren't in that category, he said, and so he didn't rule out sharing a platform with the party.

There's applause as shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith calls on the government to intervene in Redcar.

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Deputy political editor

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Labour's slogan for this party conference is "straight talking, honest politics". No more spin, no more soundbites.

Instead a new era of internal democracy and open dissent. Let a thousand flowers blossom! The phrase "the line to take" will from henceforth be banished from Labour's discourse, to be heard only at parties dedicated to the memory of Piers Gaveston.

A new politics is what the public want and Jeremy Corbyn is what they will get.

And yet for all this, the new regime appears to be finding it hard to shed the old politics. How much straight talking is really going on? What's Labour's economic policy? Well, there'll be a review, a public consultation.

Read more from James.

“Labour’s tax rises would hurt hardworking people, threatening every family’s security," says Treasury minister David Gauke in response to John McDonnell's speech.

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John McDonnell's conference speech will "wipe the smirk off George Osborne's face" Seema Malhotra told the Daily Politics show earlier.

And the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury told Andrew Neil the nation's books could be balanced in a different way.

She spoke about tackling tax avoidance and reforming HMRC, but when asked how much the party could raise through this, the MP told the presenter: "You're missing the point."

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Neil Horan, a former Britain's Got Talent contestant, is entertaining the sun-drenched masses at the Labour conference main gates with a spirited display of Irish dancing. "My mission in life is to help prepare the world for the second coming," he says.

Labour conference turns its attention to the emergency motion on the steel industry, moved by Redcar MP Anna Turley, who is kitted out in a Save Our Steel t-shirt.

She says the news that Redcar steel plant being is to be mothballed with the loss of up to 1,700 jobs is "heartbreaking". She accuses the government of turning its back on the industry and urges it to intervene and save the plant.

Ms Turley, who will be returning to her constituency later, invites members to get to their feet to show their support by way of applause - and they duly do.

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There will not be a debate at the 2015 Labour conference about Trident, but the Daily Politics mood box was used to collect the views of some delegates.

Adam Fleming took the plastic bin and balls to see what members thought about the party's policy on nuclear weapons.