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.

See below for live updates

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 16:24 · Lizzy Buchan]

[25 September 2018 16:55 · Lizzy Buchan]

Labour must kick out supporters with a “despicable hatred of Jewish people” just as it “beat the Blackshirts”, Emily Thornberry has told the party’s conference.

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[25 September 2018 17:03 · Lizzy Buchan]

NEW: Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to extend his party’s free childcare offer beyond 30 hours for low-income families, ahead of his big conference speech tomorrow.

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[25 September 2018 17:23 · Lizzy Buchan]

Diane Abbott says the government is "in denial" about the impact of cuts to public services.

Addressing delegates at Labour conference, she said: "Tory austerity has damaged all our public services. All Tory cuts have consequences too.

"And their police cuts have consequences. You cannot keep people safe on the cheap."

The shadow home secretary says "privatisation and deregulation" led to the Grenfell Tower fire.

[25 September 2018 17:32 · Lizzy Buchan]

Ms Abbott attacks the "bogus numerical targets" on immigration, saying only Theresa May believes they work. 

She's referring to Ms May's pledge to reduce net migration to the "tens of thousands", which the Tories have never met.

The shadow home secretary says: "We will always uphold our legal and moral obligations to Commonwealth citizens.

"We will not use the three million EU citizens currently resident here as bargaining chips.

"We will uphold their rights and the rights of British citizens resident in Europe."

[25 September 2018 17:36 · Lizzy Buchan]

She also announced Labour would "insist on time limited, judicial warrants for any undercover policing". We wrote up the announcement earlier.

[25 September 2018 17:38 · Lizzy Buchan]

Delegates are now voting overwhelmingly in favour of the Brexit motion that was hammered out in a fraught six-hour meeting.

It keeps the option of a Final Say vote on table.

[25 September 2018 18:01 · Lizzy Buchan]

Main conference business is now over for the day. Thanks for following The Independent's liveblog.

We will be back tomorrow for the final day of Labour's annual conference.