Financial Times

French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has said, if he won, he would give Britain an opportunity to reverse its vote to leave the EU by negotiating a new treaty with Germany for EU members, according to the Financial Times., external

The paper quotes the ex-president who is seeking re-election as saying:

The Daily Politics

Andrew Neil in Liverpool and Jo Coburn in London will present three hours of coverage for the final day of the Labour Party Conference.

From 12:00 BST, they will look ahead to Jeremy Corbyn’s conference speech and speak to shadow international trade secretary, Barry Gardiner, and try and make you smile with some quips from a book.

After a break, they will be back at 14:00 BST for live coverage of Jeremy Corbyn’s keynote speech. before speaking to shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry.

Labour MP Stella Creasy says no unacompanied children have arrived in the UK since Parliament backed Lord Dubs' amendment to allow unaccompanied children to be offered safe refuge in the UK.

"Let's get those kids out of that camp by Christmas," she says.

Adam Fleming
Daily and Sunday Politics reporter

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Westminster Hour
Radio 4's Westminster Hour

With so many ways now available for politicians to speak directly to voters, is the internet ruining the art of the set-piece political interview - and if so, how are broadcasters fighting back?

The Westminster Hour speaks to Andrew Marr, Newsnight editor Ian Katz, and gets the recollections of Michael Howard about his famous 1990s joust with Jeremy Paxman.

“I am deeply saddened to hear that Shimon Peres has died," Prime Minister Theresa May has said.

"He was a visionary and courageous statesman, who worked relentlessly for peace and never lost hope that this would one day be achievable. He was a truly deserving winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

"My thoughts go out to the Israeli people and the family of Shimon Peres as they mourn the loss of a beloved father and compatriot – a great man who epitomised optimism and a belief that by working together we can build a brighter future for generations to come."

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Labour's shadow Brexit minister has said she would be "more than happy" to talk to the SNP about how best to keep the UK in the European single market.

Emily Thornberry said continued access to the single market should be a priority for the UK.

But she said she was not interested in forming any kind of pact with Nicola Sturgeon's party over the issue.

Ms Sturgeon has said that single market access was the  "most obvious consensus position" for people to work towards.

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Labour peer Lord Dubs, who campaigns for the UK to take more unacompanied child refugees, addresses conference.

He says a "threat" by the French government to "bulldoze" the camp in Calais known as the Jungle could be a disaster. Meanwhile, he adds, the UK government wants to fund a wall in Calais, at the cost of £1.7m.

"Whatever for?" he asks. "Walls are negative. Spend that £1.7m on refugees, not on building walls."

Lord Dubs, who who came to Britain on the Kindertransport programme for Jewish children on the eve of World War Two, says he believes public opinion will support helping child refugees.

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A cross-party group of politicians in Northern Ireland has won the right to mount a legal challenge over Brexit.

They argue the Good Friday Agreement and peace process means there must be a Parliamentary vote if Northern Ireland is to leave the EU.

A High Court judge rejected arguments the case should be dealt with along with legal actions in the UK. Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU by a 56% majority in June's referendum vote.

The group, including Alliance leader David Ford, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, Sinn Féin MLA John O'Dowd and Steven Agnew, leader of the Green Party, are seeking to prevent the British government from formally triggering Brexit.

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Ann Black, from Labour's national executive committee, gets a round of applause when she calls for "zero tolerance" of online abuse.

MP Yvette Cooper, who has called on Jeremy Corbyn to do more to curb abuse, applauds from the top table.

Ms Cooper, who chairs Labour's Refugee Taskforce, is due to speak shortly.

Ross Hawkins
Political correspondent

Labour has committees of backbenchers shadowing each of the government departments. They are largely chaired by MPs sceptical about Jeremy Corbyn.

It is understood their heads met the chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party, John Cryer, on Sunday and told him they intended to start moving motions and reports. They have taken part in two events at Labour’s conference fringe.

Labour MP Gavin Shuker, who chairs the backbench transport committee, said: "I would be surprised if over the coming year, unless there is a significant change in the way in which we’ve been led, that other chairs won’t seek to move their own motions off the back of reports that they write."

One former cabinet minister told the Today programme that the chairs of backbench committees could mirror, and outperform, shadow ministers, forming "an alternative shadow cabinet". They would be used by opponents of Corbyn to demonstrate competence and attack the government rather than the leadership.

A vote on a backbench report would require the agreement of a separate Labour committee.

Some of those leading the backbench committees are enthusiastic about challenging the leadership and want to see similar intiatives, while others are much more cautious.

Ross Hawkins
Political correspondent

Labour backbenchers intend to seek control of the party’s aviation policy with their own vote on a third runway at Heathrow.

They plan to present a report on Heathrow to a meeting of Labour MPs and peers when Parliament returns.

The chair of Labour’s backbench transport committee, Gavin Shuker, said MPs were "deeply frustrated" about a lack of leadership on key policies.

The committee’s conclusions are thought to fly in the teeth of the views of shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who as a west London MP has long fought Heathrow expansion.

Mr Shuker said the report’s conclusions could go to a vote the day after the meeting and told BBC Radio 4's Today:

Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon attacks the Conservatives for privatising prisons and the probation service and introducing tribunal fees.

He says his Conservative opponent, Liz Truss, has been criticised for being "loyal to her party leader, though there's nothing wrong with that" - which gets applause from delegates.

However, he attacks the justice secretary over "legal aid cuts", however.

Mr Burgon also condemns the introduction of employment tribunal fees and says prisions are "overcrowded, underfunded and awash with drugs".

And he adds that Labour will oppose any dilution of what he calls "hard-won rights and freedoms" following Brexit.

BBC Radio 5 live

Baroness Angela Smith, a Labour peer since 2010, tells BBC Radio 5 live both sides of the Labour party “need to compromise” and avoid becoming “bitter and divisive” in order to move forward. She says an “effective shadow cabinet” could be half elected and half chosen by Jeremy Corbyn.More with Emma Barnett until 1pm at the Labour conference: bbc.co.uk/5live 

Johanna Baxter pays tribute to Shimon Peres, calling him "a giant of Israeli politics".

Conference delegates rise to pay their respects in silence - including Andy Burnham and shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon.

The final morning session of the Labour conference begins, a little later than on previous days following last night's traditional end-of-conference parties.

"I see not everyone was ruined by the Labour students' disco last night," says chairwoman Johanna Baxter.

"Just me."