Labour conference - as it happened: Brexit rows deepen as senior party figures make series of conflicting statements

All the updates from Liverpool, as they happened

Keir Starmer at Labour conference: 'We do not accept that the choice is whatever the PM manages to cobble together or no deal'

Labour members have overwhelmingly backed a Brexit approach that leaves a second referendum on the table, following a day of splits among senior party figures.

Delegates backed a motion that said Labour "must support all options remaining on the table, including campaigning for a public vote" on the penultimate day of the party's annual conference.

It came after Sir Keir Starmer received a standing ovation from delegates when he vowed "nobody is ruling out Remain" from the ballot paper in a new Brexit vote.

The shadow Brexit secretary risked reigniting tensions at the top of the party with the promise, which came after John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, appeared to rule it out.

Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, also said Labour should seek to delay Brexit by extending article 50, if it won a snap general election. But Jeremy Corbyn later told journalists that Brexit would happen on March 29 next year.

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Key Points

• Labour members back Brexit motion that leaves second referendum on the table
• Sir Keir Starmer vows 'nobody is ruling out Remain' to rapturous applause
• Labour government should delay Brexit by extending article 50, says Thornberry
• Thornberry claims 'sickening' individuals using Palestine as 'cloak for despicable hatred of Jewish people'
• Plan for female deputy leader collapses, triggering accusations of dirty tricks by Corbyn’s team

[25 September 2018 11:23 · Lizzy Buchan]

Sir Keir Starmer also won a lengthy standing ovation at the Liverpool conference as he said that the option of a Remain choice in a second referendum was not being ruled out.

Sir Keir said that if Labour could not secure a general election "we must have other options".

He said: "That must include campaigning for a public vote.

"It is right that Parliament has the first say but if we need to break the impasse, our options must include campaigning for a public vote and nobody is ruling out Remain as an option."

[25 September 2018 11:35 · Lizzy Buchan]

Starmer's claim that 'nobody is ruling out Remain' has got people talking - as it wasn't in his pre-briefed speech.

Some see this as an example of splits at the top of the party again, as John McDonnell did appear to rule it out on Monday.

[25 September 2018 11:49 · Lizzy Buchan]

[25 September 2018 12:09 · Lizzy Buchan]

The row over the collapse of the female deputy leader plan is growing. My colleague Rob Merrick has the details.

[25 September 2018 12:28 · Lizzy Buchan]

Before the row began, Lizzy Buchan wrote a piece on the possible runners and riders for a female successor for Jeremy Corbyn.

See our tips here:

[25 September 2018 12:49 · Lizzy Buchan]

Labour is promising free wifi for all in town centres in a bid to boost ailing high streets and stop their "slow and agonising death".

The party also wants to scrap ATM charges, halt bank and post office closures, and has reaffirmed its commitment to make bus travel free for under 25s.

More here: 

[25 September 2018 13:06 · Lizzy Buchan]

Diane Abbott, shadow home secretary, will address delegates on immigration later today.

Ahead of her speech, she has written a piece for The Independent on how the Tories have 'based their cruel immigration policy on divisive myths for too long' and called for a different approach.

Read her piece here:

[25 September 2018 13:12 · Kristin Hugo]

Speaking in the conference hall, shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey has outlined a five-point plan "to save Britain's high streets":

1. Ban ATM charges and stop Post Office and bank branch closures.

2. Provide free bus travel for under 25s.

3. Deliver free public Wi-Fi in town centres.

4. Establish a register of landlords of empty shops in each local authority.

5. Introduce an annual review of business rates and a "fundamental review" of the whole business rates system.

[25 September 2018 13:18 · Kristin Hugo]

Writing for The Independent, Margaret Hodge has accused Jeremy Corbyn of creating a "hostile environment" for Jews:

[25 September 2018 13:22 · Lizzy Buchan]

Pro-Brexit group Labour Leave accused Sir Keir of using his conference speech to undermine Jeremy Corbyn in a veiled bid for the leadership.

Describing the shadow Brexit secretary's comments as "a betrayal of the very highest order" which would cost the party seats in Parliament, Labour Leave general secretary Brendan Chilton said: "Keir's speech today was a challenge to Jeremy's leadership.

"It was a carefully calculated pitch, no doubt written with a team of advisers. He is undermining Jeremy, John McDonnell and millions of Labour voters, and he knows it.

"At times the speech had more in common with a leadership stump speech than a policy announcement. Many people will wonder whether Sir Keir is trying to line himself up as the Remain replacement for Jeremy."