Ruth Davidson says First Minister Nicola Sturgeon does not speak for the whole of Scotland and opposes using the EU referendum result to call for a second independence referendum.

Turning her fire on Labour, she claims the party does "not have any idea how ludicrous it looks".

Tom Moseley
online political reporter

Today's big speech will be nothing new for Roger Bayliss, who first attended Tory conference in 1975. He is here with his fellow North West Leicestershire councillors Geraint Jones, who is at his 33rd consecutive conference, and Jim Hoult, who says this is number nine or 10.

"Some of the most memorable speeches in past years have been from Michael Heseltine," says Roger.

"He can bring the whole house down. I wouldn't have had him as leader, though,"

"I would, I voted for him," recalls Geraint.

"I'll tell you who used to give some good speeches, Norman Tebbit. He had his finger on the pulse of the members.

"And Maggie's speech after the Falklands was one of the most memorable."

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson - a popular figure with the party faithful - is the main support act to Theresa May.

"You always kept the faith" she tells her party, adding that the Scottish Conservatives - who now form the opposition in the Scottish Parliament - "are back as a fighting force once again".

The party pushed Labour into third place "for the first time in six decades", and the openly gay politician adds:

Andrew Neil
Presenter, The Daily Politics

Before Theresa May, the Conservative conference hears from party chairman Patrick McLoughlin and the leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park.

Baroness Evans reminds her party that the Tories do not have a majority in the Lords, which is "the only place where there are still lots of Liberal Democrats - anybody remember them?"

Adam Fleming
Reporter, Daily Politics

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Tom Moseley
online political reporter

There's no room left inside the main hall here at the ICC. The woman on the door says people were queuing up from 07:50 BST - more than four hours before the speech is due to start. There's an overspill screening in one of the smaller auditoriums but that's filling up pretty fast.

Former UKIP leadership contender Lisa Duffy has said she has not yet spoken to Suzanne Evans about the leadership.

Ms Duffy, a UKIP councillor for Huntingdon, said they would have a conversation over the next two days to decide whether either of them will stand, whether they will back each other or stand against each other.

“Who knows what the next 48 hours will bring,” she said, adding that she had “no idea” if Ms Evans would throw her hat in to the ring. Ms Evans abandoned a bid to run for leader in July as she was suspended from the party.

Asked whether Nigel Farage should stay on as leader, she said she didn’t think he wanted to come back and that he had made it very clear that he wants his life back. Ms Duffy said she would be “extremely surprised” if Mr Farage took up the leadership again and that there was “a wealth of talent” in the party.

Esther Webber
BBC News

As Theresa May gives her first speech to party conference as leader, what did her predecessors say and how were they received?  

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Victoria Derbyshire

UKIP's Liz Jones, who stood against Diane James in the contest to lead the party earlier this year, has said UKIP's ruling body will meet on 17 October to discuss the interim leader.

She added that the Electoral Commission has confirmed that Nigel Farage is the interim leader.

She also said she may well throw her hat into the ring again.

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The Conservatives would underestimate Jeremy Corbyn "at their peril", a Tory MP has said.

Dominic Raab said voters were "sick and tired" of "synthetic" politicians. At a fringe event looking at perceptions of the Tories, Mr Raab also said some people wrongly saw its MPs as "fat, male" and "aristocratic".

The panel debated what they said were "fundamental problems" with the Conservatives' "brand " compared with Labour.

Before the debate, the panel watched a presentation by Ipsos MORI pollster Gideon Skinner, who said that while Theresa May was in a "honeymoon" period and compared favourably with Mr Corbyn in polling, more people liked Labour as a party than the Conservatives.  

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Victoria Derbyshire

Victoria Derbyshire

During a debate in the European Parliament, Guy Verhofstadt - who was recently appointed as Parliament's observer to Brexit talks - calls for exit talks to be finished before the next European Parliament elections due around spring 2019, adding: "I cannot imagine that Nigel Farage is coming back".

An Electoral Commission spokesperson said: "The election and appointment of party leaders is a matter for the party, in line with their rules and constitution. After appointing a new leader, parties must notify the Commission within 14 days of the change in order that the statutory register can be updated.

"UKIP submitted paperwork to the Commission notifying us of a change in their leadership on Monday 3 October, although this had not been processed as we had questions for the party regarding the completion of the form.

"We are aware that the newly elected leader of UKIP has now stood down and are in touch with the party to confirm how they wish to proceed regarding updating their entry on the statutory register."