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A number of Wednesday's papers pore over Boris Johnson's address to the Conservative conference.

"The roaring lion" is the headline in the Daily Telegraph, external. The paper concludes that the foreign secretary's speech provided a "dose of much needed optimism".

Looking ahead to the PM's speech later, the Times, external says: "Theresa May will beg her squabbling party to 'shape up' after warring cabinet ministers traded jibes from the platform of the Conservatives' annual conference."

You can read the BBC's daily round-up of the front pages here.

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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said he "doesn't want to defend" Boris Johnson's comments about Libya.

"It's not language that as a government we support," he told Vanessa Feltz on BBC Radio London.

"Boris is Boris and this is very unfortunate. I don't want to defend that."

"Let’s also be clear that Boris has got a fantastic contribution to make, he was the person that led the Brexit campaign."

One of the reasons for the Brexit vote was working class voters throwing "a bit of a tantrum" over immigration, a government minister has claimed.

Speaking in the United States, Sir Alan Duncan said the campaign had "stirred up a lot of sentiment" about migration among people who do not usually vote.

The foreign office minister campaigned for Remain in last year's referendum.

During a Q&A at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, he was asked if the Brexit vote had surprised him.

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Boris Johnson has been taking "a lot of the oxygen" at the Conservative conference this week, says the BBC's political editor, Laura Kuenssberg.

In his speech to the party on Tuesday he was "shown to be visibly, publicly loyal" - but then later came "a gaffe of Johnsonian proportions" which many found offensive.

Looking ahead to Theresa May's speech, Laura says the PM is concerned about housing but Tories are also "responding to the progress of the Labour Party" in the recent election.

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Damian Green says Theresa May will deliver "a more personal speech than the PM often gives" later today.

She will talk about "what drives her", says the First Secretary of State, who is effectively the prime minister's deputy.

He rejects the suggestion that the Tories are becoming "Labour-lite" with their policy announcements this week.

Jeremy Corbyn's promises are "wholly implausible", Mr Green tells Today.

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The Today programme looked ahead to the PM's speech with First Secretary of State Damian Green - and the expected announcement of plans for a significant expansion in council housing.

"Voters under 40 didn't support the Conservatives in the number that we would expect," said Mr Green of this year's election.

He argued that younger voters feel left behind, often struggling to afford housing and not feeling they are getting rewards for their hard work.

The Conservatives not only want more houses but different types of housing tenure, including allowing councils to build homes for rent, to "start a rebirth of council house building".

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Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston has joined fellow Conservative Heidi Allen in saying that Boris Johnson "consider his position" - a polite term for suggesting he should think about resigning.

The MP, who chairs the Commons Health Committee, said the foreign secretary's remarks about Libya were "crass, poorly judged, grossly insensitive - and this from the person representing us on the world stage".

She added: "This was a meeting he would have known was being filmed.

"He needs to be much more sensitive."

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First Secretary of State Damian Green, asked about the controversy over Boris Johnson's comments on Libya, says: "Sensitivity at all times is a sensible policy for all politicians."

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Boris Johnson has said Libyan city Sirte could be the new Dubai, adding, "all they have to do is clear the dead bodies away".

The foreign secretary's comments at a Conservative conference fringe meeting have sparked anger, with Labour calling them "crass, callous and cruel".

Conservative MP Heidi Allen said he should be sacked, as did the Lib Dems.

Mr Johnson was making a point about the need for optimism in Libya, after a recent visit to the country.

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Theresa May will tell the Conservatives to "shape up" and "go forward together" as she closes their party conference.

The PM, who has faced repeated questions about her leadership during the Manchester conference, will vow not to "retreat in the face of difficulty".

The party, and ministers, must look to "do our duty by Britain", she will say.

Mrs May is expected to announce plans for a significant expansion in council housing - including measures to make it easier for authorities to get land.

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NI politicians attend Conservative Party conference, but give little hint of positive progress in Stormont talks.

Nigel Dodds says his party's confidence and supply arrangement will last for duration of parliament.

There's a problem with young people being intimidated because of their political views, says PM Theresa May.

A recap as day three of the Conservative conference closes:

• Boris Johnson has made his keynote speech to conference, saying it is time to "let the British lion roar" as he called for Brexit to be a moment of national renewal
• The foreign secretary praised Theresa May's "steadfast" leadership over Europe but the PM was forced to insist Mr Johnson was not undermining her
• David Davis and Liam Fox joined Mr Johnson in calling for an end to pessimism over Brexit
• In Strasbourg, MEPs voted to urge the EU not to open the next phase of Brexit talks unless there is a "major breakthrough"
• In her conference speech, Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced that the government will ban the sale of acids to anyone under the age of 18

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The UK government has formally invited Nicola Sturgeon to hold talks with the prime minister over Brexit.

It is understood Downing Street approached the Scottish government on Monday to make the proposal.

Theresa May said last week that she wanted to speak to Ms Sturgeon in a bid to end the Brexit deadlock between the two governments.

A spokesman for Ms Sturgeon said she would welcome the opportunity to discuss Brexit with the prime minister.

But he warned that the differences between the two governments should not be underestimated.

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