Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

The GMB union has launched a scathing attack on Labour's pledge to ban fracking.

The union said banning fracking would mean the UK had to rely on "henchmen, hangmen and headchoppers" for gas.

The shadow energy minister Barry Gardiner told the party conference Labour was opposed to fracking for environmental reasons.

Mr Gardiner said fracking was based on fossil fuels and not compatitble with the UK's climate change obligations.

However, moments later the GMB warned that without fracking the government would be dependant on importing energy from oppressive regimes.

They attacked Mr Gardiner's decision as "an abidcation of our moral responsibilities".

Hannah Martin, energy campaigner at Greenpeace UK, has welcomed Labour's proposed ban on fracking.

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A future Labour government would ban fracking in England, shadow energy secretary Barry Gardiner has said.

Speaking at Labour conference, he said fracking, which involves gas being extracted from shale rock, would make the UK dependent on fossil fuels when the priority should be clean energy.

Labour would focus on developing a low carbon energy industry, he said.

The government says fracking could provide the UK with greater energy security and create jobs.

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Gavin Stamp
BBC political reporter

Much has been made of the surge in new members joining Labour since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader.

Andrew Lowe, who is membership secretary of the Selby and Ainsty constituency party in North Yorkshire, says the branch’s numbers have swelled to more than 300 in recent months. But what kind of people are joining up?

“There are a number of very pro-Corbyn young people who have come to the party,” he says. “But there are quite a significant number of elder people who left the party when Tony Blair took over who have returned. I know a number of 70-year olds who have rejoined with enthusiasm because they think again Labour is a socialist party for them.”

John McTernan, a former adviser to Tony Blair, has tweeted that he had "a friendly welcome" when visiting Momentum's conference.

"If this is genuine, well done for engaging," says one response to the tweet, while another asks: "Has your account been hacked?"

Mr McTernan insists that his tweet is the real deal.

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Adam Klug, Momentum national organiser, says the group's parallel conference event, entitled "the World Transformed" aims to "turn the Labour Party into the social movement that many of us want to be".

He says the event is "in harmony with the Labour conference" and rejects the suggestion that it is an "alternative conference".

John McTernan, a former adviser to Tony Blair, claims the event is attracting people on the political fringes, arguing: "The reason they're on the fringes of politics is that they're not popular."

Asked to elaborate, he says that "they're anti-capitalism, meaning they're anti-growth," adding: "It's a very large Jeremy Corbyn fan club... but a political party needs activists."

Andrew Neil
Presenter, The Daily Politics

Nick Eardley
BBC Scotland Westminster correspondent

It appears Kezia Dugdale and Jeremy Corbyn are involved in their first dispute since his re-election.

A series of reforms to the way the Labour Party works are due to be passed on Tuesday.

The package includes autonomy plans praised by Ms Dugdale last week. This part is uncontroversial and supported by everyone I’ve spoken to. But there is a row over another part.

The reforms would also allow Ms Dugdale – and her Welsh counterpart Carwyn Jones – to appoint someone to represent them on the party’s UK executive. Mr Corbyn’s supporters think the extra NEC seats could be used to try and undermine him as the battle for the party’s future plays out. They want to postpone the plan.

For now, it appears Ms Dugdale will get her way. But it’s possible there will be another attempt to scupper the NEC plan tomorrow.

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Labour MP Chris Leslie, a former shadow chancellor and a critic of the current party leadership, says John McDonnell's economic plans would mean "an awful lot" of borrowing or tax rises.

To fund the shadow chancellor's policies, Mr Leslie claims, "you'd to have double income tax, you'd have to double national insurance, you'd have to double council tax and you'd have to double VAT as well".

Mr Leslie calls for "credible policies that don’t send the taxpayers running into the hills", suggesting that a Labour government could "pause deficit reduction for a couple of years".

Shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner attacks the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US.

"The very people who claim they are fighting for our sovereignty are in fact doing the most to undermine it," he says of the UK government.

"This government won't even let you see the text of TTIP," he adds. "This is how Tories conduct trade negotiations - secret deals behind closed doors."

The proposed deal sparked protests across Germany earlier this month. Opponents say TTIP will lower European standards on food and environmental protection, and could lead to outsourcing and job-losses. Supporters of the deal say it promises to lower tariffs and promote growth.

Clive Lewis says Theresa May uses Trident policy not for the UK's defence but instead "aimed at a political target at home - us".

The shadow defence secretary urges Labour not to be "an easy target" on defence.

Shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis, an Army veteran, says he sees "no contradiction between my service and my socialism".

He pays tribute to the UK's "dedicated" armed forces and says Nato reflects "our values" including collectivism and the strong defending the weak.

He pledges that Labour will meet the Nato target of spending 2% of GDP on defence, including UN peacekeeping responsibilities.

Mr Lewis says defence policy deserves "rigorous examination and debate" and says he is "sceptical about Trident renewal". But he adds that party policy is for retaining nuclear weapons, while working for a "nuclear-free world".

Today Programme
BBC Radio 4

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell is promising to "work with" wealth creators and entrepreneurs to "unlock" the UK's economic potential.

So what does he make of so-called "disruptive" technology companies like Uber? He explained to Mishal Husain that governments needed to innovation with workers' rights.