Theresa May speech to Conservatives and UKIP leadership

Summary

Theresa May delivers closing speech to Conservative conference
She pledges to build a "fairer" and "united Britain"
Diane James resigns as UKIP leader after 18 days as leader
Nigel Farage returns to role as UKIP's interim leader
Home Secretary defends tougher immigration rules for businesses

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May's message to doctorspublished at 12:32 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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May's tribute to the NHSpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
"There is complete cross-party support for the NHS," the prime minister says, and offers her thanks to doctors and nurses, to applause.
She goes on to accuse Labour of using the NHS "to divide us".
Conference applauds her tribute to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, and also when she says Labour does not have "a monopoly on compassion".
Theresa May says Labour has abandoned the centre ground for "extreme ideological obsession" and the Conservatives are now the party of public servants.
Watch: PM's message to the home crowd from a Birmingham stagepublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Differing views in cabinet?published at 12:28 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Watch: PM's warning to tax dodgerspublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Hall quiet on workers' rightspublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Theresa May: If you're a tax dodger, we're coming after youpublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Theresa May says policies such as quantitative easing were "necessary emergency medicine" after the financial crisis but there have been "some bad side effects".
"A change has got to come and we are going to deliver it," the PM says.
She adds that "change" will include plans for "not just consumers represented on company boards but workers as well".
This means "workers' rights not under threat from a Conservative government but enhanced", the PM adds, and says:
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It doesn't matter who you are. If you're a tax dodger, we're coming after you."
Pic: Boris Johnson puts his hands together for PMpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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PM sets out areas for interventionpublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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May 'stresses her beliefs in free markets'published at 12:22 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Reform capitalism to preserve it, says Maypublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
The prime minister says "faith in capitalism and free markets" can fall and the Conservatives should reform capitalism in order to preserve ot.
The biggest cheer of this section comes when Theresa May says many people in rural areas cannot get a decent broadband connection, though she also mentions high energy costs and a lack of affordable housing.
She says policies such as Help to Buy and the Right to Buy are right but more houses need to be built as well.
The PM says her government "will press ahead" with HS2 and will shortly announce a decision on airport expansion.
Number two on the Nobel Prizes listpublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Reality Check
Theresa May says that the UK has more Nobel laureates than any other country apart from the United States.
She's right, as you can see on this list of Nobel Prizes by country., external
The UK is quite a distant second though - the US has about three times as many.
Watch: Theresa May on UK's future international relationspublished at 12:19 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Conference welcomes May's rebuke to 'lefty lawyers'published at 12:17 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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May attacks 'left-wing human rights lawyers' over legal action against troopspublished at 12:16 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
Theresa May attacks what she describes as "activist, left-wing human rights lawyers" who harass "the bravest of the brave: the men and women of our armed forces".
Earlier this week the government unveiled legal measures to protect UK troops from "spurious" claims of misconduct.
PM adjusts message on courts?published at 12:14 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Watch: PM on the unionpublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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'We are leaving the EU to be a fully sovereign country' - Maypublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
The prime minister says the 1972 European Communities Act will be repealed in the next Parliamentary session - an announcement she made on Sunday - and "the authority of EU law in this country ended forever".
It is "too early to say" what agreement will be reached with the EU and providing "a running commentary" would not be "in the national interest", she claims.
But she adds:
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We are not leaving the European Union to give up control over immigration again... We are leaving to be a fully sovereign and independent country - and that deal is going to have to work for Britain."
The prime minister insists that the UK is not stepping back from its international commitments.
Political journalists' reaction to 'clever joke'published at 12:10 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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Watch: PM's praise for NHS and BBCpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 5 October 2016
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