there are public servants looking forward to a labour government that will invest in caring and educationnervous about the labour party, the military for example, potentially having a pacifist in power? i would be keen on having nia griffith as defence secretary because she will invest in the military as they are crying out to do. welljeremy corbyn has made his feelings go about trident and the nuclear button. i think is keen to support the military but he will not take into unnecessary and illegal military intervention. it was interesting to hear len mccluskey earlier talking about people needing to live by their consequences. he suggests those who have fallen foul ofjeremy corbyn on the way up should be kept outside the pen. is that your sense of what should happen? not at all and i'm not sure that is even what lennon was saying. he said people should live by their consequences. i think perhaps what he pointed to was the fact that there are some brilliant younger members of parliament, some of them came in in 2015 and they stepped up and they grew into their positions. now some of them

especially a labour government that is talking about a re—negotiating the kind of social compact within economy — trying to make it far more equitable. so what has been going on in the labour party? why would it be potentially facing such threats? the campaign group, momentum has been credited with shifting the party to the left. two years ago, this group didn't even exist. it was set up to keep the spirit ofjeremy corbyn‘s first leadership campaign alive. but now, it is increasingly influential, no longerjust on the fringes of the labour party conference but taking part on the conference floor. but at the activists insist it is all about democracy. it is significant on the basis of internal party democracy. it is giving more power to members, more choices, rather than it being done by parliamentarians. as a measure of how labour has changed, many mps opposed jeremy corbyn‘s leadership, aren't even trying to resist further reductions in their power. so labour is changing, and its leadership is now saying openly that they need to plan for potentially more hostile opposition than any rece

today i make the commitment labour government will do the same for england. mcdonnell and rebecca long bailey had set out how we will develop the economic plans in our manifesto to ensure the sustainable growth in jobs reach all parts of our country. thank you john and becky for all that you do. and the basis of their work is that no community or region is held back. we will establish regional development banks to invest in industrial strategy for every region. every region of this country and every nation. the challenges of the future go beyond the needs to turn our backs on an economic model that has fell to invest and upgrade oui’ that has fell to invest and upgrade our economy. we need urgently to face the challenge of automating. robotics that could make so much contemporary work redundant. that is a threat in the hands of the greedy but what an opportunity if it's managed in the interests of society as a whole. tom watson spoke extensively about this yesterday and he and others in the shadow cabinet are working hard on this. thank you for that. we won't

labour government. they would be a radicaladministration. i labour government. on. i guess what we have seen here is this is a very different labour party led byjeremy corbyn, presumably previous policies would not have considered scrapping pfi contractor renationalising the water industry, railways, royal mail, part of the energy sector, very, very different labour party. norman, thank you for that. act now to the news that coronation street actress liz dawn, who played vera duckworth in the soap for 34 years has died. her family duckworth in the soap for 34 years has died. herfamily hasjust announced the news that she died last night. in a statement, the soap called her a true coronation street legend. our arts correspondent looks back on her life. all i can say is i hope prince charles never set eyes on it! admiring my stone cladding it is certainly. she may have been snooty about giving up's taste but without her, coronation street would not have been the same. are you trying to be funny or what? are you not going to carry her over the threshold? when list on

we wa nt to win the radical labour government we want to see. works for the many, not the few. applause. thank you, congress. the labour leader talking at the tuc conference in brighton. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson is there and was listening to that. lots of urging of people to join a union if they aren't already a member of one. your thoughts on some of those key points there, iain? there is a big picture from jeremy corbyn, i thought perhaps he was trying to manage expectations when he said this, but he said simply winning a labour government wouldn't be enough to transform the country. perhaps a rather odd way of putting it, but i think the message he was trying to get akroos was he had to be part of a wider labour movement and he was saying to younger people attracted to him that they ought to be joining attracted to him that they ought to bejoining a trade union and he'll bejoining a trade union and he'll be working with the trade unions to try to change society. he's a former trade union official of course, before he was an mp

are you planning for a run on the banks under the labour government? no. why did you say it?ps, momentum, they practice war games... are investors being spooked by the prospect of you in treasury? not at all, i have been sitting down, as you know. with asset managers and others over the summer. they are very interested in our infrastructure proposals and how we work with them. you do not think there will be financial instability and a labour government with billions... quite the reverse. mr mcdonnell today trying to play down those comments, because he knows, and it has already happened, that conservative ministers have looked at that and said, this is labour themselves accepting the policies that they want to bring in could well damage the british economy. the other thing here, speaking to some labourmps, other thing here, speaking to some labour mps, they are concerned that maybe there is too much overconfidence after the general election result, and there is still an awful lot of work that needs to be done and they are concerned that maybe other people in the hall are gett

significant new spending commitment, labour says it would bring contracts signed under the private finance initiative into public ownership if it formed the next governmentdow chancellor, john mcdonnell, told labour's conference that firms were making huge profits from the deals. the pfi contracts have been used by successive governments as a way of attracting private funding for public projects such as hospitals and schools in return for interest payments. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from brighton. any spare change... a couple of quid for the speech, but how much to take schools, hospitals, prisons built and run by private firms, back into public control? jeremy corbyn's best political friend would be in charge of a labour government cheque—book and today he promised they'd look at all pfi contracts and take the bulk back into tax payer's hands. let me give you this commitment, we'll put an end to this scandal and we'll reduce the cost to the taxpayers how? well, we've already pledged there will be no new pfi deals signed by us in government. but we'll go further and i can tell you today, it's what you've been calling for. we'll bring

a future labour government would look to scrap the controversial pfi contracts on schools and hospital projects in england. at the labour conference in brighton john mcdonnell said the contracts could cost the taxpayer £200bn over coming decades. i can tell you today, it's what you've been calling for. we'll bring existing pfi contracts back in house. we're bringing them back in house. we're bringing them back. also at the conference, labour says the uk could stay in a single market after brexit. we'll have the latest from brighton and we'll be talking to the shadow brexit minister. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... a 16 year—old girl is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the stabbing of a woman at a school in north lincolnshire. in germany, right—wing nationalists celebrate third place in the elections and promise to tackle what they call a ‘foreign invasion‘. the boss of uber has apologised for making mistakes and it will make changes to win back its licence. and all eyes on the turner prize. we look at the four nominees in the running for one of the art world's

in a significant new commitment, labour says it would bring contracts signed under the private finance initiative into public ownership if it formed the next governmente shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell told labour's conference that firms were making huge profits from the deals, been used to projects like hospitals and schools. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. any spare change... a couple of quid for the speech, but how much to take schools, hospitals, prisons built and run by private firms, back into public control? jeremy corbyn‘s best political friend would be in charge of a labour government cheque—book and today he promised they'd look at all pfi contracts and take the bulk back into tax payer's hands. let me give you this commitment, we'll put an end to this scandal and we'll reduce the cost to the taxpayers. how? well, we've already pledged there will be no new pfi deals signed by us in government. but we'll go further and i can tell you today, it's what you've been calling for. we'll bring existing pfi contracts back in—house. we're bringing them back. applause they loved it here. an audience full of union members. there had been

the labour movement rules to its feet as john mcdonnell outlined a programme of government interventiontly. the biggest idea was a plan to dismantle pfi, which has been used by labour and tory governments to fund public services. we will put an end to this scandal and reduce the cost to the taxpayers. we've pledged there will be no new pfi deals and we will go further. it is what you've been calling for. we will bring existing pfi contracts back in—house. we are bringing them back! heartfelt applause forjohn mcdonnell. he's taking coal industries back into public control and dismantling pfi. the treatment for decades about taking control. this marked the moment when they've finally achieved the historic goal. one of the architects of the programme was encouraged because he says the original plan was flawed. the trouble as it went into hospitals and there is no income flow. bankers will loan you money as long as they have that. that is not the same in hospitals and my fear was that they would start building and then start running and then we got a situation of high interest rates and hig

he's pledged that a future labour government would take control of so—called public finance initiativeshift in public policy. for 25 years — under both conservatives and labour — private companies have built hundreds of schools and hospitals and then been paid to maintain them. mr mcdonnell described the amount of money going to these companies as a scandal. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. j couple of quid for the speech, but how much to take schools, hospitals, prisons, built and run by private firms, back into public control? jeremy corbyn‘s best political friend would be in charge of a labour government cheque—book. today he promised they would look at all pfi contracts and take the bulk back into taxpayers hands. let me give you this commitment, we will put an end to the scandal and reduce the cost to taxpayers. how? we have pledged there will be no new pfi deals signed by us in government, but we will go further and i can tell you it is what you have been calling for. we will bring existing pfi contracts back in—house. we are bringing them back. they loved it here. an

he's pledged that a future labour government would take control of so—called private finance initiatives would mark a huge shift in policy. for 25 years, under both conservatives and labour, private companies have built hundreds of schools and hospitals and then been paid to maintain them. mr mcdonnell described the amount of money going to these companies as a scandal. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. any spare change... a couple of quid for the speech, but how much to take schools, hospitals, prisons, builtand run by private firms, back into public control? jeremy corbyn‘s best political friends would be in charge of a labour government cheque—book and today he promised they'd look at all pfi contracts and take the bulk back into tax payer's hands. let me give you this commitment, we'll put an end to this scandal and will reduce the cost to the taxpayers. how? well, we've already pledged there will be no new pfi deals signed by us in government. but will go further and i can tell you today, it's what you've been calling for. we'll bring existing pfi contracts back in—house

but mr corbyn told the bbc that staying in could hamper a future labour government's ability to protector vote during the conference. here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier. you can take your party's conference out of westminster, bring it to the beach—front in brighton, but brexit will follow you everywhere. ok, here we go... he doesn't mind. he's got a spring in his step after a better—than—expected election result. jeremy corbyn is no longer fighting for his leadership, but pitching himself as a prime minister in waiting. we need at least two terms of a labour government to start to address issues of poverty and justice and inequality in britain and to build the houses that we need in this country. jeremy corbyn‘s certainly safe in hisjob, but he's dealing with division in his party over brexit. he argues leaving the single market will make it much easier to protect british workers and industry. we need to look very carefully at the terms of any trade relationship, because at the moment we are part of the single market, obviously. that has within it restrictions on state

so that is what the labour government would do but what we don't have is the detail or the cost of all mcdonnell had a lot of policies in it, and much bigger role for the state generally, but the biggest cheer really was for that announcement, saying that he would bring back in—house these pfi contracts. there is, of course, i be? about how much that might cost. afterwards, one of labour's treasury spokesman talked about it being pretty self financing, so let's discover if that is the case. paul johnson is from the institute for fiscal studies. broadly, pfi contracts, labour say they cost an awful lot of money and some of them have been a very bad deal, so they could actually get out of them and save money in the long run. these are contracts that were negotiated between the government and private companies, mostly under the last labour government to do build and run, schools and hospitals and so on, and some of them were badly formed contracts which have ended up being rather expensive, but you are not going to save money by getting out of them because presumably you are going to have

that sometimes big is this corporations don't always look favourably on a labour double in —— a labour governmentquitable. so what has been going on in the labour party? why would it be potentially facing such threats? momentum has been credited with shifting the party to the left. two years ago, this group didn't even exist. it was set up to keep the spirit ofjeremy corbyn‘s first leadership campaign alive. but now, it is increasingly influential, no longerjust on the fringes of the labour party but taking a place on the conference floor. but at the activists insist it is about democracy. it is significant. if you look at the tory party, they don't let members choose the candidates. it only goes down to two. as a measure of how labour has changed, many mps opposed jeremy corbyn‘s leadership, and even trying to resist further reductions in the power. so labour is changing, and its leadership is now saying openly that they need to plan for potentially more hostile opposition than any recent government has faced. our assistant political editor norman smith is in brighton. does labour really think a

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decisive role women have played in the labour party from its foundation, and that labour and -- and that party and government will close the gender wage gap. [applause] we will introduce mandatory equal pay auditorium and give the equality human rights can -- commission the funding it needs to drive through the change. [applause] labour has always been about making change, working together all, that's up for what we are in the labour party. [applause] >> conference, against all predictions in june we won the largest increase in the labour vote since 1945. and achieved labour's best vote for a generation. it's a result which has put the tories on notice and labour on the threshold of power. [applause] >> yes, we didn't do quite well enough and we remain in opposition for now, but we have become a government-in-waiting. our outstanding shadow cabinet team here today. and our message -- thank you for all you do, and the work you've done. [applause] >> great colleagues around the table taking our party and country forward. our message to the whole country could not be clearer. labor is ready. inequality,kle read

we're going to be seeing a labour government led byjeremy corbyn, and it is going to be fantastic, ian tell you that right now. i look forward to it with such glee! good evening. you might think you've heard what happened that night in grenfell tower three months ago. in the immediate aftermath of the fire we brought you the story of the tragedy, what we learned of the causes behind it and of those who died. tonight, we step back. conscious, perhaps, of how little we really knew about who the people who lived there actually were. and what they went through. each floor of that tower tells a story about london and its inhabitants. a story of immigration and gentrification. of lives lived, and lives lost. each floor, a microchasm of life in our capital. our team has spent weeks piecing together a comprehensive account of what happened that night on just one floor high in grenfell tower — floor 21. in an extended film on tonight's programme, we reveal the anatomy of a community, those who lived and loved living up on the 21st floor. the lengths they went to to save each other‘s lives, an

government. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the labourder, jeremy corbyn, has rebuffed calls from some party members to promise to keep britain in the european single market after brexit. as labour's annual conference begins in brighton, 30 labour mps are among those who have signed a letter warning vulnerable workers would suffer if the uk left the single market. but mr corbyn told the bbc that staying in could hamper the government's ability to protect jobs and to invest in industry. our political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. a spring in his step, no surprise. labour's still riding high after a better—than—expected election result. no longer fighting for his leadership, jeremy corbyn is pitching himself as a prime minister in waiting. we need at least two terms of a labour government to start to address issues of poverty, injustice and inequality in britain, and to build the houses that we need in this country. he might be safe in hisjob, butjeremy corbyn‘s still dealing with division in the party on brexit. more than a0 senio

labour as a whole has no option but to oppose that. that's what we are about four. if we can secure a defeat the governmentrvative party and its very good for the labour party. so whatever the diverging views are within labour, i think you won't see them openly. they will disappear. i have a slightly different take on it. in a strange sort of way, the narrowness of the majority and the parliamentary arithmetic in many ways makes, the government's sposition more stable and theresa may more secure, because those mps that are at the extreme ends of the debate can look over the abyss, and the opposite to remaining in government is to havejeremy corbyn, and i think that's such a hugely strongly uniting factor. i think it's really healthy that we've got no overall majority, because i think it does give room for backbencher influencing parliament. if we go away from the party political aspect, if you look at the history, when the labour government in 1997 and 2001, we had massive majorities, we never lost anything. what is your advice to back inches, what is the best strategy? my view is that backbenchers have to

we oppose these cuts and labour will reverse them in government. g terrorism effectively, labour is committed to a thorough review of the prevent strand of counterterrorism policy. increasingly, there is a concern that prevent is a tainted brand and not fit for purpose. trampling on our civil liberties will do the terrorists' works for them because... because what makes us free is what makes as safe and what makes this safe is what will make us free. another key aspect of protecting communities is policing. i have represented and inner—city community for over 30 years. i know it's the poon for over 30 years. i know it's the poor, women and minorities who suffer most from crime. i have always ta ken suffer most from crime. i have always taken fighting crime seriously and i will continue to do so as seriously and i will continue to do so as labour home secretary. and the reality of the tory record on law and order is a long way from their rhetoric. since 2010, theresa may has been home secretary and now prime minister, but on her watch the numbers of

the problem with labour is that they do it in government as well. ions labour party took in government, we now have to pay more on debt interest than on nhs pay. that is the result of labour! the snp's westminster leader turned to a leaked document suggesting the government would take a much tougher line on eu immigration after brexit. does the prime minister agree with me that immigration is essential to the strength of the uk as well as enhancing our cultural and diversity fabric. as i have said many times before, immigration has been good for the uk. but what people want to see is control of that immigration. theresa may. meanwhile, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has outlined her programme for government — pledging to scrap the 1% cap on public sector pay rises. 0ur scotland political correspondent, glenn campbell, was watching. having lost seats in the uk general election, this was a chance for nicola sturgeon to refresh, if not we launch, the snp government. independents gotjust one mention. instead a blizzard of announcements on devo

even after the worst little financial crisis in recent years the labour government still served till 2010. and john major who did not have a majority saw it through until the end even after black wednesday and everything that went wrong for the tories then. you talk about how much support there was farjeremy corbyn, what have happened to the critics of him in the party, who used to make so him in the party, who used to make so much noise? have theyjust gone quiet? they have basically gone quiet. my mates in the labour party who tend to be on the moderate wing, people who would not have supported jeremy corbyn for the leadership and still have severe doubts about it, long faces, not quite sure what they are supposed to be doing, not quite sure what their tactics are going forward , sure what their tactics are going forward, and they are keeping their heads down. that gives the impression of unity in the labour party and that is a good impression to project because people do not like divided parties, but the doubts are still there, as fundamental as they have ever been. and they did lo

a labour government will finally put an end to years of tory cuts, to our emergency services and a labourt's labour in london, manchester, liverpool and wales that has a real plan to tackle violent crime like gun crime, knife crime and acid attacks. it's labour that's finally making social integration and community cohesion a priority. so we can put a stop to the grooming and radicalisation of our young people. it's labour that's finally made hate crime and violence against women and girlsa top crime and violence against women and girls a top priority for the police. and tis labour that's restoring community trust in our police by making our emergency services more reflective of the communities they serve. you know, it made me so proud to be the labour mayor when cressida dick was appointed as the first woman commissioner in many years. applause and when dany cotton was appointed as the first woman fire commissioner in the brigade's history. studio: sidique, khan, the london mayor saying he has sleepness nights over his mission to keep london safe and praising the emergency services durin

government. jeremy corbyn resists calls from labour members to remain in the eu single market after brexit, sayinguld make it harder to protect british workers and invest in industry. the important priority is to ensure that we have tariff free trade access to the european market. half of all our traders with europe. i would also say that we need to look very carefully at the terms of any trade relationship. american football stars kneel during their national anthem, protesting against racism in the us. donald trump says they're unpatriotic. the germans are digesting an election result which will reverberate for years to come. angela merkel has led the christian democratic party to be the biggest in this election, but that and it is a big but, this has been a disastrous night for the chancellor. the cdu and csu have lost ground since the last election. let's bring the latest projections we have, the latest exit polls, which show you the cdu and csu projected to get 33%, below where they were polling recent days, and also well below the over 41% they got in the last election. the second part of thi

if we go away from the party political aspect, if you look at the history, when the labour governmentssive majorities, we never lost anything. what is your advice to backbenchers? what is the best strategy? my view is that backbenchers have to cooperate across the parties. so, i think the more we can get cross—party co—operation, where we agree on issues around europe, i think that's the best possibility of achieving the changes that i want, to see an exit from europe which doesn't damage living standards and jobs, that's my priority. as a conservative backbencher and a very experienced one? i love the way you say experienced! been around a long time! i think what is key is, if you've got a sensible front bench and they look at these amendments and they see that it will improve the legislation, and accept those amendments... i have to say, what i hate about frontbenchers is, if they push every amendment back because it hasn't come from their side. i think we need a different approach. it's sort of what you were saying but slightly from a different point of view. there are going to be

we'll be looking at the commitment and asking how a labour government would pay for the change.ll win back the voters who turned to the hard right in the elections. in north lincolnshire, a 16—year—old girl is arrested

he offered voters the prospect of a labour government determined to tackle inequality, to scrap tuitions in england and to impose new controls on private rents. he insisted labour was better placed to manage the brexit process and accused theresa may of presiding over a "coalition of conservative chaos." our first report tonight on mr corbyn‘s speech is by our political editor, laura kuenssberg. no need to hesitate any more. the leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn. he knows he'll walk out to rapture. every time his fans make his entrance. # 0h, jeremy corbyn #. two minutes and 32 seconds of chanting and applause, is adoration and belief. conference, thank you so much for that wonderful welcome and this incredible feeling and spirit and unity and love and affection we have here. he's much more than a contender now. against all predictions, injune we won the largest increase in the labour vote since 1945. cheering and applause. and achieved labour's best vote for a generation. it's a result which has put the tories on notice and labour on the threshold of power. cheering and applaus

he offered voters the prospect of a labour government determined to tackle inequality, to scrap tuitions in england, and to impose new controls on private rents. he insisted labour was better placed to manage the brexit process, and accused theresa may of presiding over a "coalition of conservative chaos". this report on mr corbyn‘s speech is by our political editor laura kuenssberg. no need to hesitate any more. he knows he will walk—out to rapture. every time he makes his entrance. jeremy corbyn! two minutes and 32 seconds of chanting and applause, adoration and belief. conference, thank you so much for that wonderful welcome, and this incredible feeling and spirit and unity and love and affection that we have here. he is much more than a contender, now. against all predictions, injune, we w011 against all predictions, injune, we won the largest increase in the labour vote since 1945. the 19115. the tories have been put on notice and labour on the threshold of power. after tensions around the threshold of conference, he said any political abuse that his name should come to an end. but

labour. but for the crucial issue brexit, well, label deals with internal divisions and its shadow brexit secretary insisted the party was a governmentological red lines preventing a sensible deal. no fantastical blue sky proposals. a pragmatic approach. labour are now the grown—ups in the room. we stand ready to take charge of these negotiations, not acting for narrow political gain but in the national interest. brexit rows and all, conference is now in full flow, but as labour tries to divert attention away from its difficulties on the eu, it hopes new policies like a cap on credit card interest will be popular with voters.” on credit card interest will be popular with voters. i am calling upon the government to act now and apply the same rules on payday loans to credit card debt. it means that nobody will ever pay more in interest tha n nobody will ever pay more in interest than the original loan. if the tories refuse to act, i can announce today that the next labour government will amend the law. and there was also an expensive announcement about pfi, the programme of funding public infrastructure projects with private capital. w

even after the worst little financial crisis in recent years the labour government still served tillafter black wednesday and everything that went wrong for the tories then. you talk about how much support there was farjeremy corbyn, what have happened to the critics of him in the party, who used to make so much noise? have they

in the 20005, the labour government introduced this sentence, meaning people could be sentenced for a the end of the sentence, they could be kept in custody if they were not able to prove that they were no longer dangerous. this ballooned and mushroomed well beyond the expectation of the government in terms of how the courts use the sentence. it was abolished by the coalition government, but it wasn't like that retrospectively for all those people who were already in the prison system with an indeterminate sentence, and even now, there are still thousands of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences in the system, many of whom are many months oi’ system, many of whom are many months or years well over the fixed tariff that they would have served before the ipp. i know it is not easy to generalise, but we saw that james ward was convicted of arson and ended up staying in prison — what type of crimes might people on these have originally committed, and why would they be considered to be an ongoing danger to the public? part of the difficulty with the sentence was that the definition of

government is or is not going to the people of scotland. the scottish economy and the livelihoods of the people scotland are better off in the united kingdom. mps have unanimously backed the labour vote calling on the government to end the pay cap for workers in the nhs. conservative mps remain silent. the government has said the cap on public sector pay rises in england and wales is to be lifted. with ministers having flexibility. but that didn't go far enough at the shadow health secretary. hospitals are in deficit. waiting lists in their millions. hospital bosses warning there are not enough beds this winter. last winter, overcrowding, act the lindsey is backed up, social care tipping point. some characterised it as a humanitarian crisis. it is not good enough to expect hospitals to fund a pay increase for staff from existing budgets. it has been necessary to bring government spending... none of us would want for anyone to be paid any less, but it has been difficult and necessary in order to control the overspending by government and put right the financial mess the country was left them after the last time his party was in government. tracy came to parliament last week and s

a labour government will end the public sector pay cap and give all workers the pay rise they deserveerately need. that is our policy. there's not much gratitude and plenty of anger on show here in brighton. teachers, nurses, you name it, want more pay, much more than the rises being dangled today. strike action, it hurts the kids who need their schooling, parents aren't always in favour? parents are more in favour. they're in favour of teachers being happy and well paid and the well being of teachers. we come first as teachers. when we are well looked after, we look after the children. you're a mental health nurse, are you willing to strike? i'm absolutely willing to strike if it means looking after my own family. at the end of the day, i wouldn't leave patients. contingency plans will be put in place. you're a firefighter, can you see strike action coming down the track? i think if they don't end the pay cap, across the board for all workers, then yeah, there is justification for industrial action. the mood is sour and the unite union is threatening to take action whether or not wor

the move has been opposed by the iraqi government. the labourrjeremy corbyn, has resisted calls from some in the party, to pledge to keep britain in the european single market, after brexit. with their annual conference beginning in brighton today, 30 labour mps were among those who signed a letter, urging the party to pledge to stay in. but mr corbyn told the bbc, that a future labour government's ability to protectjobs could be hampered by single market membership. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. more a victory party than a conference. the song, and thousands upon thousands of members, dedicated to him. he's the winner here, even though labour did not win the election. its third conference lucky forjeremy corbyn. at last, safe and secure in his seat. the steam is rising, not falling. and the movement is stronger than ever. labour is a party of the people, it's a party of activists, it's a party of the community. but many in that community came to brighten, too, to tell him something else. they want labour to change its mind abou

i can't believe that any senior conservative would say that they would prefer a strong labour governmentunding very futuristic. basically despite la st very futuristic. basically despite last week's attempt by may to say that she will go on and on ad infinitum, no one is buying it, and this is positioning again within, but i think as helen said, the bigger issue is people's doubts and criticism, critiques of the government policy. but why is she being clobbered in this way when she is not the one handling the brexit negotiations? it is david davis, liam fox who are supposed to be dealing with trade when it can finally happen. they are all members of her government, and people look to the prime minister for leadership. i think her injecting clarity from the very top, that style of leadership is incredibly important. she is supposed to be the first among equals, but that is the

but i think he is looking back at the experience of past labour governments, both of the wilson governments problems about that and i think we will need to look at all the scenarios. listen, we want to lead a government that would reduce inequality, invest in the future and, i have met with anjohn in the future and, i have met with an john has many in the future and, i have met with anjohn has many times, the cbi, the federation of small business is an about their investment plans and strategies. those conversations go ina very strategies. those conversations go in a very positive way because they wa nt to in a very positive way because they want to see a government that is working for economic improvement. are you comfortable with him talking about that, he is talking about people he doesn't like. he will be your chancellor, your closest political ally, it is sounding like you are approaching getting into government like some kind of war where people you don't like might come and attack you. isn't it about bringing people together? come and attack you. isn't it about bringing people togeth

but labour reckons it's a government power grab and will vote against it. that we are leaving is settled, how we leave is not. this bill invites us to surrender all power and influence over that question to the government and to ministers. also on this programme: ministers pledge support for british territories hit by hurricane irma. and a former cabinet minister launches a stinging attack on disgraced pr firm bell pottinger accusing it of... running a pernicious and poisonously racist smear campaign in south africa. but first: mps spent the afternoon on their first day of debate on the eu withdrawal bill. which originally had the rather more catchy informal title of the great repeal bill. it repeals the european communities act of 1972 which took us into the european community and sets up the process to transfer current eu laws into uk law, so that the legal system doesn't collapse after brexit. mps will conclude their debate and vote late on monday night. the legislation — and more specifically the power it gives to ministers to make changes to legislatio

government is not ready for 2019. there is clarity about a possible transition period. what is labour's general election. what about that, are you leaving open, we could stay in the single market? we are starting from the question what are our priorities and what do we want to achieve? the jobs and the economy has got to come first. that means retaining the benefits of the single market and the customs union. how we achieve that, is obviously subject to the negotiations and... staying in is an option or not? we have been critical of the prime minister for saying you've swept all the options off the table when you should have left them on the table. staying in the configuration we have got is not really possible. the question is can we reconfigure and have a system that allows us the benefits either by some reformed approach to the single market, some changed relationship or by possibly staying ina relationship or by possibly staying in a customs union, but i emphasise, these are options, we don't want to get into the debate... sorry, we're pulling away, because michel barnier and david

and on newsnight, jeremy corbyn will tell the conference that labour is ready for government. join us from brighton. good evening and welcome to bbc news. after years of campaigning, women in saudi arabia are to be given the right to drive. it is the last country in the world to allow women to drive. the law will be changed nextjune. women's rights activists have been jailed in saudi arabia for defying the ban. the political analyst dina hamdy, who lived in saudi arabia for ten years, told me it was an historic day. this has been a long... for a long time, a thorn in the side of the kingdom. and that is why it is getting such limelight and positive coverage around the world, i think. although this wasn't the only issue on the human rights and women's writes a gender when it comes to saudi arabia, but yes, indeed, it is historic. and i believe the time is opportune and long due. but why is it happening now? several reasons, in my opinion. first, i think it comes in the middle of a gulf crisis, an unprecedented gulf crisis, an unprecedented gulf crisis, that could have widesprea

the problem with labour is they do it in government as well, and as a result of the decisions the labourin government, as a result...as a result of the decisions the labour party took in government, we now have to pay more on debt interest than on nhs pay. that's the result of labour. the prime minister had no problems finding £1 billion to please the dup, no problems whatsoever. and nhs staff are 14% worse off than they were seven years ago. is she really happy that nhs staff use food banks? warm words don't play food bills. pay rises will help to do that. she must end the public sector pay cap. the snp westminster leader did turn to brexit. does the prime minister agree with me that immigration is essential to the strength of the uk economy as well as enhancing our diversity and cultural fabric? as i have said on many occasions before, overall immigration has been good for the uk, but what people want to see is control of that immigration. but i think what people want to see as a result of coming out of the european union. we are already able to exercise controls in relation to those w

jeremy corbyn has told delegates at his party conference that labour is "ready for government" and "on threshold of power". in a rousing speech in brighton, the labour leader said his party is ready to tackle inequality and rebuild the nhs. he also promised sweeping changes to social housing and tenants‘ rights if he wins power. our political correspondent iain watson reports. he's getting quite used to the adulation, though he doesn't yet have a grip on power. but he says labour is a government in waiting. and waiting is exactly what his supporters were prepared to do, queueing up to hear his speech. applause. his new familiar theme tune rang out gci’oss his new familiar theme tune rang out across the hall. # 0h, across the hall. # oh, jeremy corbyn. # oh, jeremy corbyn. # 0h, # oh, jeremy corbyn. # oh, jeremy corbyn. # oh, jeremy corbyn. # 0h, # oh, jeremy corbyn. # oh, jeremy corbyn. # oh, jeremy corbyn. # 0h, # oh, jeremy corbyn. # oh, jeremy corbyn. # oh, jeremy corbyn. # 0h, # oh, jeremy corbyn. # oh, jeremy corbyn. # 0h, jeremy corbyn. thank you. even thank you. when # 0h, jerem

jeremy corbyn has told delegates at his party conference that labour is "ready for government" and "onhreshold of power". in a rousing speech in brighton, the labour leader said his party is ready to tackle inequality and rebuild the nhs. he also promised sweeping changes to social housing and tenants‘ rights if he wins power. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. he is getting quite used to the adulation, though he doesn't yet have a grip on power. but he says labour is a government in waiting. waiting is exactly what his supporters were prepared to do, queueing up to hear his speech. helpfully, he had a copy with him. but there's little doubt that he's changed his party — his task today was to convince more sceptical voters that he really can change the country. we are ready, and the tories are clearly not. we are certainly not strong, and they are definitely not stable. he said the loss of a conservative majority had led to a series of u—turns, and as he listed them, supporters cheered each one. and he got one more for the abolition of tuition fees. labour is the party of

we will do what conservative and labour governments have failed to do over so many years, labour governmentsc sector bid for the next scotrail franchise. applause these and many more transport plans across the country will benefit our people and our economy. it will be matched by infrastructure investment for the digital age. matched by infrastructure investment forthe digitalage. laterthis matched by infrastructure investment for the digital age. later this year we will procure the latest phase of our project to deliver by 2021 next—generation broadband to 100% of residential and business premises. an investment that will be transformer is an all for the economy in general, and for oral scotland in particular. that is a significant step, however, we are determined to do even more. to encourage others to see scotland as the place to research, design and manufacture it innovations, for us to become a laboratory for the rest of the world in the digital and low carbon technologies we want to champion, we must also become early adopters of them. we must be bold in our ambitions, just as we have

labour has its divisions as well. notjust about the transition period that the government says it wants and labour says it wants as welltay in the single market for a couple of years or longer, but people are coming to the longer term relationship britain will have with the european union after brexit. certainly within the labour party, there are differences of opinion over that. elliott, labour backbencher ben bradshaw was talking to my colleague. is there a realistic policy that by the end of this conference, labour party policy could be continued membership of the single market? yes, i hope so. if not by the end of this conference, then within a matter of weeks or months. it is really pleased we can sensibly be everyone to save the economy, and austerity and service provision for britain jeremy corbyn says he wants. but there are others in the labour party who think that is a dangerous road to go down. 30 labour mps signing this open later calling for labour party policy to change for the country to be in a single market even after brexit. i spoke to them are far greater manchester, andy burnham. he said the danger

this is the government in waiting, 0k? labourit's planning for a possibile collapse in the value of the pound, ifjeremy corbyn becomes prime minister. mothers give evidence of the harm done to their children in the womb by an epilepsy drug. i have been mourning my children since the day they came into my life, and i am determined to not let this injustice happen to other families. after years of campaigning, women in saudi arabia are to be given the right to drive. the england cricketer ben stokes is arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm. admiring my stone cladding, are you? it certainly eye—catching! and, the coronation street star liz dawn — known to millions as vera duckworth — has died at the age of 77. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: harry kane continues his good goal—scoring form for spurs. they're one of three british teams in champions league action this evening. good evening. we start tonight with an exclusive report on the final stages of the battle for the syrian city of raqqa — the last major str