Summary

  • Labour Party conference is taking place in Brighton

  • New leader Jeremy Corbyn calls for a 'kinder politics'

  • Mr Corbyn gets a standing ovation after speech lasting nearly an hour

  • Labour members back rail nationalisation as the party's official policy

  • Energy spokeswoman Lisa Nandy backs community ownership of clean energy power stations

  • Environment spokeswoman Kerry McCarthy says farmers should not be worried about her support for the industry

  1. Paper reviewpublished at 08:44

    The Labour leader's speech in Brighton today makes the front page of several newspapers this morning. The Guardian and the Daily Mirror major on the new leader's vow that he loves his country, with the former saying some will see it as a riposte to criticisms of his decision not to sing the national anthem at the Battle of Britain commemoration ceremony.

    "Corbyn: Call me Mr Nice", is the i's take on his speech while the Sun have opted for a topical (and more critical) front page that ties together the Labour and Mars stories. Under the headline "The Red Planet", it says: "Hard-left Labour yesterday unveiled a catastrophic tax-and-spend economic blueprint guaranteed to bankrupt Britain."

  2. Is Labour right to review Bank of England's mandate?published at 08:37

    Robert Peston
    Economics editor

    Bank of England

    Few economists would accuse Labour under its new shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, of being nuts for deciding to review the mandate of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) - even though many at the Bank will be made uncomfortable by that review.

    Apart from anything else, since the crash of 2008, the MPC has failed to hit its target of 2% inflation - with a symmetrical margin of error of 1% above and below - more times than it has succeeded.

    There have been credible reasons for that failure: increasing interest rates to curb inflation in the Great  Recession might have turned that recession into a depression.

    But there is something odd - and perhaps ultimately credibility destroying - about a target more honoured in the breach than in the execution.

    Read more from Robert.

  3. 'Process of policy development'published at 08:35

    BBC Breakfast

    Lucy Powell

    Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell tells BBC Breakfast it would be "very premature" of Labour to set out all its policies so soon after losing the last general election.

    The party will undertake a "process of very detailed policy development", she says.

    Pressed on whether university tuition fees would be abolished under a future Labour government, she says that would be the responsibility of the business secretary, but adds:

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    We all recognise that something has got to be done about the higher education funding system."

  4. Parliamentary arithmeticpublished at 08:30

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  5. What will new leader say?published at 08:15

    Jeremy Corbyn is expected to use his first conference speech as Labour leader to emphasise his patriotism - and state most Britons share his values.

    In his speech, he will say he was elected to pursue a "kinder politics" to achieve a "caring society".

    He will also say he will not impose "leadership lines" on his party.

    The "huge mandate" he has been given as leader is a "mandate for change", he will add.

  6. The day aheadpublished at 08:02

    Jeremy CorbynImage source, PA

    We'll be bringing you all the developments at Labour conference this morning and all the build-up to the new leader's speech. You'll be able to watch it live on this page and there'll be text commentary too, plus all the reaction and analysis afterwards.

  7. Good morningpublished at 08:00

    Hello and welcome to what is traditionally the biggest day of the annual Labour Party conference - the day when the leader delivers his speech. Jeremy Corbyn will stand up to address the hall in Brighton - and the wider audience following the event on TV and online - at about 3pm.