Tory conference day one

Summary

Conservative Party conference gets under way in Manchester
The PM tells the BBC's Andrew Marr cuts to in-work tax credits will go ahead
David Cameron also says he would be prepared to use Britain's nuclear weapons
Thousands of people attend an anti-austerity protest near the conference venue

Live Reporting

Emma Harrison and Suzanne Leigh

A quick re-cappublished at 17:09
That ends our coverage for day one of the Conservative party conference. Here's a reminder of today's top stories:
Join us again on Monday - here is the timetable:
Monday 5 October
- 10:30 - 12:30: Speeches from Business Secretary Sajid Javid; Culture Secretary John Whittingdale; Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Chancellor George Osborne
- 14:30 - 16:00: Speeches from Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd; Communities and Local Government Secretary Greg Clark; Environment Food and Rural Affairs Liz Truss
Anti-austerity marchpublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 4 October 2015
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Jeremy Hunt thanks policepublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 4 October 2015
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'Inexcusable'published at 16:29 British Summer Time 4 October 2015
Following claims that a reporter was "spat at" by a protester earlier outside the Conservative party conference, TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady tweets:
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Four arrestspublished at 16:25
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Greater Manchester Police and the TUC say 60,000 people took part in today's demonstration march outside the Conservative party conference in Manchester.
There were four arrests: one for assault, one for being drunk and disorderly, and two before the start of the march for obstructing police.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said he was pleased with how the event had gone.
He said:
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60,000 people exercising their democratic right, we'd call that a successful day
Hammond on military action in Syriapublished at 16:21
On the issue of holding a vote for UK military action in Syria, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond tells the BBC:
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Parliament is not sitting at the moment - when we go back we will want to take soundings across Parliament, ensure we explain the position, brief people appropriately so they understand what’s going on - make the case we want to win the argument not just win the vote. We would like a broad consensus across the house. The tradition in this country has always been that when we send troops into combat - even if it is air strikes - that we do this on a bi-partisan basis and build a consensus behind it. I don’t think it will be healthy to start having party political differences on issues about national security like this.
Thousands on marchpublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 4 October 2015
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Protesterspublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 4 October 2015
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Charlotte Church at rallypublished at 15:52
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Singer Charlotte Church addressed the rally in Manchester before the march.
'Attack on working people'published at 15:39
TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said restrictions in the Trade Union Bill were "the biggest attack on the democratic organisation of working people for 30 years".
"This is about attacking our right to strike. And we say no way," she said.
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Two arrestspublished at 15:36 British Summer Time 4 October 2015
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Jeremy Hunt 'jostled'published at 15:31 British Summer Time 4 October 2015
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'Sending a very clear message'published at 15:29
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Unite general secretary Len McCluskey told the rally the protest was "sending a very clear message to this Tory Government" that they faced a fight.
He said this would be easier because in Jeremy Corbyn, Labour has a leader "who will stand shoulder to shoulder with us".
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If they think a fluke victory in which 75% of the electorate did not vote for them gave them a mandate to continue their cuts then they've got another thing coming. If they think they are going to have a smooth ride over the next five years, they've got another thing coming. There will be hundreds of thousands of people hounding them, snapping at them and resisting them.
'Genuinely terrifying'published at 15:24 British Summer Time 4 October 2015
Another Telegraph reporter at the conference says the protest had "turned nasty".
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'Syria deserves to be free'published at 15:20
On Syria and the threat from the Islamic State group, also referred to as ISIL, Mr Fallon says:
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ISIL recognises no borders and has to be taken on wherever it roots. So we shouldn’t leave it to French, Australian or American aircraft... Nor should anybody - including Russia - prop up the tyrant… Syria deserves to be free of ISIL and Assad.
'Defence spending will increase'published at 15:14
It's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon's turn to talk to the conference now.
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Our defence spending will now increase every year and we will meet that Nato target… not just this year or next year but every year of this decade.
Concern over tax credit reformspublished at 15:10
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Former universities minister David Willetts has told the BBC that he remains concerned that the reforms to tax credits should not damage incentives to work.
Mr Willetts, who is also the chairman of the think tank Resolution Foundation, said he also welcomed the national living wage.
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We at Resolution are today producing figures that show that people on low pay are really going to gain from the national living wage and that's very important and very important for the message which the Conservative Party is putting out this week. But we do remain concerned that the reforms to tax credits should not damage incentives to work.
Party delegate hit by eggpublished at 15:00
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This delegate was left with egg on his face - and jacket - after one was thrown at him as he arrived for the start of the party conference.
But at least he managed to keep a smile on his face.
Health secretary 'jostled by protesters'published at 14:57
BBC political correspondent Tim Reid says Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was jostled by protesters outside the Tory conference.
"He was making his way into the venue in Manchester when anti-austerity marchers spotted him," our correspondent says.
"He had to be escorted into the venue by police through a barricade. He is now inside the secure zone."
Hammond on the Falkland Islandspublished at 14:55
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Whatever the Labour leader says, this Conservative government will never sell out the Falkland islanders. Less than three years ago they voted almost unanimously to remain British... the Falkland islanders have every right to develop their economy and this Conservative government will back them every step of the way.
Philip Hammond, Foreign Secretary