Labour party conference live: Rachel Reeves gives speech after crowd boos winter fuel allowance debate delay

The chancellor has been acquired with a standing ovation earlier than thanking the group in Liverpool.

She stated: “Convention, thanks. This time final 12 months, I stood on this stage and I made a dedication. I promised that we might get Britain constructing once more, restore our NHS and energy development in each a part of Britain.

“At the moment, after 14 wasted years, I stand right here as your Chancellor of the Exchequer, able to ship on that dedication.”

She added: “Labour is again within the service of communities we by no means ought to have misplaced in our port, coal, metal and mills cities… And Labour is again in Scotland too.”

Chancellor Rachel Reeves acquired applause and a standing ovation from Labour Occasion delegates as she got here to the panel forward of her speech in the principle convention corridor.

Enterprise secretary Jonathan Reynolds is now delivering his speech.

Gary Neville has defended Sir Keir Starmer after he accepted free tickets to Premier League matches, saying criticism of the prime minister was “completely unimaginable”.

He advised a Labour Occasion convention fringe occasion: “I’m battling the free soccer tickets one fairly a bit, to be sincere with you, once I have a look at absolutely the corruption we’ve seen within the final 5, six, seven, eight years with folks getting billions of kilos value of contracts in VIP lanes.”

He added: “Keir Starmer’s paid for his season ticket to go along with his household to observe Arsenal all his life and he’s now being advised he can’t go to that very same seat, once I’m positive he would – you recognize he would, all people is aware of he would – he’s been advised he’s received to go in a hospitality field, a non-public field.

“To be truthful, plenty of the folks complaining about him will find yourself in these kinds of bins themselves, together with myself at instances.”

Mr Neville continued: “I discover it completely unimaginable that this degree of consideration is now being paid to a Labour prime minister once I have a look at absolutely the cronyism we watched for years beneath that lot.”

The chancellor is making ready to handle the group on the foremost stage on the Labour convention in Liverpool.

Ms Reeves is anticipated to vow there shall be “no return to austerity” regardless of warning of “robust spending selections” forward.

She has insisted there shall be “actual phrases will increase to authorities spending on this parliament” as a part of the 30 October funds.

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The Tories have accused the Labour Occasion of hypocrisy after it emerged Angela Rayner used taxpayer funds to rent a “vainness” photographer.

Simon Walker was reportedly payed a wage of £68,000 to take images for Ms Rayner’s Ministry of Housing.

John Glen, the shadow paymaster basic, stated: “That is simply the newest in a protracted line of Labour ministers saying one factor after which doing one other.

“Labour’s promise to chop the scale of the federal government spin invoice was nothing greater than empty phrases, they’d relatively spend taxpayers’ cash on their very own vainness tasks than on protecting pensioners heat this winter.

“After scrapping Conservative plans to slim down civil service headcount, Labour ought to cease pretending that their resolution to chop the winter gasoline allowance was something aside from a political alternative.”

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Native Authorities (MHCLG) stated the photographer had been employed to chronicle the work of the division, not simply Ms Rayner.

“Many authorities departments make use of official photographers to share the work of the division and ministers with the general public,” the division stated.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves turned the tables on the BBC’s Nick Robinson whereas being grilled on her free garments, declaring the presenter took her to the Proms in an outing paid for by the broadcaster.

In an interview with the BBC, simply hours earlier than her speech to Labour’s convention in Liverpool, Ms Reeves defended the celebration from wider allegations of sleaze and cronyism centred on ministers’ repeated acceptance of items and freebies.

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