Conservative conference - as it happened: Boris Johnson denounced as 'irrelevant and offensive' from main stage

Conservative Party Conference: Five things to watch

Boris Johnson has been denounced from the stage of the Conservative Party conference as "irrelevant" and an "offensive person" by Lord Digby Jones for his contentious remarks about businesses.

It comes after the party was hit by a humiliating security gaffe in the official conference app, which allowed members of the public to access the contact details and mobile phone numbers of senior members of the government and prominent journalists.

On Sunday - the first day of the party's annual conference in Birmingham - a sizeable protest also took place in Birmingham as demonstrators demanded a second public vote on the final Brexit deal.

This liveblog has now closed - follow again tomorrow for day two of the Conservative Party conference

Key Points

• Boris Johnson denounced from stage of conference
• Tory chairman unable to confirm extent of conference data security breach
• May grilled on Windrush, Brexit and her domestic agenda in conference interview
• May's deputy demands Tories stop squabbling or risk losing power

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In other news, the Conservatives have been defeated in their annual pre-conference football match with the team of parliamentary journalists, by 5-0.

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This is from my colleague, Lizzy, who is at a Tory fringe on how to win back the under 45-year-olds. 

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Tom Spiller introduces the Tory party conference, saying this "is not a conference", rather a "training camp, a boot camp".

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