European Parliament
Strasbourg

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says Theresa May's speech in Florence "struck an optimistic tone" and was "conciliatory".

However, he says that sufficient progress on priority issues has not yet been made, and that "speeches are not negotiating positions".

He notes that guaranteeing a role for the EU's Court of Justice - which he calls "indispensable" - still needs to be agreed.

In remarks for "those in the UK who think they should go over Michel Barnier's head", he notes that the Commission's Brexit chief is operating under "clear" guidelines given by EU leaders.

Today Programme
BBC Radio 4

Theresa May tells the Today programme that we should expect "more significant announcements" today.

"What keeps me going is when I see continuing injustices in our society that we need to address," she says.

The prime minister says she takes responsibility for the outcome of the election: "I got us into this situation and I'm going to get us out of it."

She adds: "I'm in politics to improve people's lives."

Hold-ups in residency applications are affecting many families living in the UK legally, lawyers say.

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

Day three of the Conservative conference will see a speech by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Theresa May has faced calls from some Tory MPs to sack Mr Johnson following his interventions over Brexit and what many regard as his disloyalty.

However, the prime minister played down the suggestion he had set out any new red lines on Brexit.

Mrs May also defended her style of leadership, which she said was about ensuring she had a team of different voices around the cabinet table. Leadership, she said, was not about having a cabinet of yes men.

Her comments come ahead of a speech by Mr Johnson this afternoon - called Let the Lion Roar - in which the Foreign Secretary will set out what is described as "a typically positive agenda" on Brexit.

Mrs May has been shown the speech and is understood to be happy with it. Sources say it is 100% loyal to Mrs May and the Brexit agenda set out in her Florence speech. It's thought Mrs may will be in the conference hall to hear the foreign secretary speak.

Alun Cairns accuses Carwyn Jones of trying to derail Brexit against the people's wishes.

Michael Gove wants views on whether a "reward and return" system would improve recycling in England.

Here's a recap as the curtain falls on the second day of the Conservative conference:

• Chancellor Philip Hammond has said the Tories must win the "clash of ideas" with Labour "dinosaurs" over the future of capitalism
• In his conference speech, Mr Hammond also announced £300m for rail improvements in the north of England
• In a BBC interview ahead of his speech, the chancellor said he operates on the basis that "everyone is sackable" amid continued Brexit cabinet tensions
• Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke said the roll-out of Universal Credit will continue but benefit claimants struggling to pay their bills will be able to get cash advances upfront
• Plans to replace paper tickets on UK trains are to be accelerated, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has said, in a speech in which he mocked Labour for wanting to return to the days of publicly-owned British Rail

BBC News Channel

Theresa May has said she wants a Brexit transition period of "around two years" after the UK leaves the EU in 2019.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove is challenged to define precisely how long "around two years" would be - and whether the transition period could, in fact, be longer.

"Would three years be around two years or not?" presenter Huw Edwards asks him.

Mr Gove says the implementation period would allow business and others to "make the changes necessary and the length of time will depend on how long that takes".

The implementation period "depends on the EU and us securing the right deal", he adds.

Huw Edwards persists - but to no avail.

"You're a very skilled newshound and you're trying to get a news bone out of me," Mr Gove observes.

Radio 4 PM

George Hollingbery, a parliamentary aide to Theresa May, says the Tories are “not going to try to beat Corbyn at his own game of outspending Corbyn - that’s clearly impossible and wouldn’t be right for our party anyway".

The Conservative MP tells BBC Radio 4's PM: “We have quite clearly had a gauntlet thrown down at our feet.

"An argument which we felt was won… has been roundly challenged and there are people out there who are listening to that message and see a message of sunny uplands.”

He adds: “It’s no good just harping back to the '70s, talking about Hamas, trying to do Jeremy Corbyn down.

"There’s a message out there that people are listening to and we’ve got to tell them why it’s dangerous, why it’s wrong for the country and why they shouldn’t fall for it.”

Radio 4 PM

Image source, UK Parliament

Conservative MP George Hollingbery, Theresa May's parliamentary private secretary (PPS), has spoken to BBC Radio 4's PM programme - which is beginning now.

A PPS provides a link between senior ministers and backbench MPs and is not paid (above his or her salary as an MP).

He rejects the suggestion that this year's Conservative conference is a "downbeat" affair, preferring to use the term "reserved".

"I think everything that you see and hear today and indeed over the entire four days is always tempered by the election and the election result and I think we’re all very cognitive of that," he says.

"People are disappointed and they want to look forward, rather than look back."

Business in the conference chamber is finished for the day.

Party members will assemble again on Tuesday from 10:00 BST.

When Andy Street finished his speech earlier the Business Secretary Greg Clark returned to the podium in full Labour attack mode saying "our opponents are determined...to create in Britain a socialist state. This is not a caricature - it is a description".

Greg Clark warns that the Labour Party has "given itself over to a programme, an ideology and a leadership that would bring ruin".

"It's our job - each one of us in this hall - to stop them," he says.

And he addresses Labour MPs who, he says, are "choosing to stay silent".

"If, by your silence, you aid and abet the electoral fortunes of that leadership you won't be forgiven, and you won't deserve to be forgiven."

And that wraps up the action from the conference stage for the day.

The Business Secretary breaks off his speech halfway through to allow Andy Street, the West Midlands mayor to take to the podium.

Mr Street, who was elected in May, sings the praises of Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country, saying: "We just get on with it and maybe we don't shout about it as much as - dare I say it in this hall - Manchester."

He says the West Midlands now has the fastest growing economy in the UK.

"After decades of waiting we can now say that it is our time. We had an industrial strategy before you made it cool.".

He adds that reaching out beyond his party is "what it takes to get the job done".

He calls it "a business-like approach to politics".