Sunak bids to knock Rachel Reeves off course in ‘desperate’ move – live

Reeves says Labour can only implement its principles and plans if it wins power.

She tells delegates of the “eternal political truth” that it is only through winning elections that the party can change Britain.

“Under Keir’s leadership, that opportunity is finally within our grapes,” she adds.

In her opening remarks, Reeves says that a Labour government restore the UK’s “economic credibility” after 13 years of “Tory misrule”.

She adds the party will “lift living standards”, make work pay and rebuild public services and invest in industry.

“Together we will get Britain its future back,” she adds.

Rachel Reeves is about to deliver her speech at the Labour Party conference.

In remarks briefed out overnight, the shadow chancellor vowed to cut energy bills to get “Britain building again”.

She has also promised a crackdown on ministers using private jets when cheaper forms of transport are available.

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Rishi Sunak was forced to deny making a “desperate” attempt to interrupt the Labour conference, as he also faced an awkward grilling by voters in the East Midlands.

David Lammy has said Israelis and Palestinians are paying a “terrible price” for Hamas’s attack on the country on Saturday.

The shadow foreign secretary used his Labour conference speech to “utterly condemn” the “appalling attacks”.

Mr Lammy has been criticised over plans to appear alongside top Palestinian diplomat Husam Zomlot at the party’s conference.

Zomlot, the head of the Palestinian Mission to the UK, told CNN: “Israel knew that this was coming their way… It’s a consequence.” He is reportedly to attend a reception at the conference on Tuesday night alongside Mr Lammy.

Mr Lammy said on Monday morning: “Labour stands firmly in support of Israel’s right to defend itself, rescue hostages​ and protect its citizens.

“The hostages so cruelly taken – including children – should be released immediately.

“Hamas’ indiscriminate attacks set back the cause of peace.

“Both Israelis and Palestinians are paying a terrible price.

“There will not be a just and lasting peace until Israel is secure, Palestine is a sovereign state, and both Israelis and Palestinians enjoy security, dignity and human rights.”

The government’s Supreme Court appeal over plans to remove some asylum seekers to Rwanda has begun at the UK’s highest court.

Sir James Eadie KC, for the Home Office, said: “The appeal is, at its heart, about the judgments made by government about the future conduct of a friendly foreign state – Rwanda.”

The barrister continued: “Both the Government and the Rwandan government were fully aware of the likely controversy of the arrangements that were made when the deal was signed.”

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Fewer than one in 10 British voters think Brexit has gone well, a new study has found.

Research by the think-tank UK In a Changing Europe (UKICE) found that just 9 per cent now say leaving the EU had been a success.

Less than half (44 per cent) of working-class voters who backed the Tories in 2019 say they will do so again at next year’s contest, the YouGov survey found.

David Lammy said Labour would “not surrender the hope of two states living side-by-side in peace” as he warned both Israelis and Palestinians are paying a “terrible price” after Hamas’s “indiscriminate” attacks.

Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, the shadow foreign secretary said: “Labour utterly condemns Hamas’s appalling attack on Israel.

“There is never a justification for terrorism. Labour stands firmly in support of Israel’s right to defend itself, rescue hostages and protect its citizens.

“The hostages so cruelly taken, including children, should be released immediately and Hamas’s indiscriminate attacks set back the cause of peace – both Israelis and Palestinians paying a terrible price.

“There will not be a just and lasting peace until Israel is secure, Palestine is a sovereign state and both Israelis and Palestinians enjoy security, dignity and human rights.”

He added: “Though it may never have felt more distant, we will not surrender the hope of two states living side-by-side in peace.”

A Labour government cannot “categorically” rule out blocking Scottish legislation but would seek to repair relations with Holyrood, Ian Murray has said.

The shadow Scottish secretary said his party’s triumph against the SNP in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election showed voters wanted positive change with both governments working together.

He said a veto using Section 35 of the Scotland Act should never be a “first resort”, in reference to the UK Government’s block on gender reform laws.