Deputy PM dubs Farage policies 'weird'

David Lammy has taken to the stage to label Nigel Farage’s policies “small-minded” and “weird”.

The Deputy Prime Minister says he is was “relishing taking the fight" to Reform UK as he slammed its leader following an attack by PM Keir Starmer earlier.

Mr Lammy said: “I’m relishing taking the fight to Nigel Farage and calling out his small-minded, narrow, peculiar and weird set of policies and holding him up to the lights."

He also went on to say Farage represented “a nasty ethno-nationalism that used to be on the fringe of British politics”.

Burnham wants an end to 'climate of fear'

Andy Burnham believes Labour must end the 'climate of fear' within the party.

Insisting he wanted the Prime Minister to succeed, the Greater Manchester mayor received a round of applause as he spoke.

He said: “One thing I am worried about, and I think we do need to debate at this conference in my view, is how can you have an open debate about all of those things if there’s too much of a climate of fear within our party and the way the party is being run."

Farage responds to Starmer's stab

Nigel Farage has bitten back after Keir Starmer slammed his 'racist' departation plan.

Starmer stepped up his attack on Farage on Sunday, describing Reform UK’s policy of abolishing indefinite leave as “immoral.”

Farage issued a brief statement on Sunday in response, writing on X: “Keir Starmer has spent his entire weekend attacking Reform. This is the reason why.”

He then shared poll results claiming that his party are on course to win a majority at the next General Election.

Keir Starmer has spent his entire weekend attacking Reform. This is the reason why. pic.twitter.com/zIqp1C9Cnr

— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) September 28, 2025

Reform part of 'global network of far right', Ed Miliband says

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, speaking at a Labour Climate and Enviroment Forum event, slammed Farage's party.

Miliband said Reform UK was part of a "global network of the far right" with some of the world's richest people.

He said: "It's important to draw the contrast here, because it’s not just that [Nigel] Farage wants less workers’ rights and all those things.

"Even though he poses as something else, he is now part of a global network of the right, a global network of billionaires like Elon Musk who want to take away people’s rights, take away people’s freedoms, and we need to have that argument."

Poll shows Brits support multiculturalism & reject Farage's narrative of division

The British public supports multiculturalism and rejects the narrative of division offered by Nigel Farage, a mammoth new poll has found.

The "Giga Poll" of more than 45,300 people covered over 80 issues, and showed the majority of the public don’t believe the country is lawless, as claimed by Reform UK, and enjoy mixing with people of other ethnicities, religions, and backgrounds.

However, there were also serious concerns about finances, with 9% feeling financially desperate, with 25% worried about their financial future. A shocking four-in-ten people thinking their personal finances are likely to get worse.

It showed eight in 10 people like mixing with people of other ethnicities, ­religions, and backgrounds. Some 65% think their local community is peaceful and friendly, and only 11% disagree.

Another popular demand of the country was for Keir Starmer to impose a wealth tax on the richest. Three-quarters of those surveyed say wealthy people are getting richer while poorer people are falling further behind. Only 7% disagree.

Read the full story here.

PM takes a break to watch Arsenal

Keir Starmer took a break from the busy party conference schedule to watch Arsenal play Newcastle.

The Prime Minister was seen with Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness and Chair of the Labour Party Anna Turley and other delegates in a pop-up pub at the ACC Liverpool.

Starmer appeared happy until he was spotted leaving the pub shortly after Newcastle scored against his beloved Arsenal.

Palestine Action protesters arrested outside Labour conference

Police have started arresting protesters sat outside the Labour party conference in Liverpool supporting the banned group Palestine Action.

Around 100 people have gathered silently to hold signs reading: “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”, protest group Defend Our Juries said.

A Merseyside Police spokesman said: “We can confirm that officers are in attendance at a Defend Our Juries protest near to The Wheel of Liverpool this afternoon, Sunday 28 September.

“Some of the people in attendance have displayed material in support of Palestine Action. Officers are in the process of making arrests on suspicion of wearing/carrying an article supporting a proscribed organisation.”

A spokesman for Defend Our Juries said: “We’ve come to remind everyone that the Labour Party is in breach of its duty to act to prevent genocide under international law.

"Instead it made the cowardly decision to ban the direct action group that was trying to prevent genocide.

"Labour members and trades unions are overwhelmingly against their party’s complicity in genocide and the ban on Palestine Action. Yet party officials have shut down all the debates that members wanted to have on these issues during their conference."

'Reform putting Putin first', Welsh First Minister says

Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan said her nation had "seen this play before", as she warned of the threat of Reform UK at the Senedd elections.

She said:"We’ve seen this play before in Wales. Nigel Farage’s Ukip party elected seven members in 2016 and by the end of the term, six of them had left, drawn by infighting, broken promises and internal chaos.

"And just this week, their former Welsh leader admitted taking Russian bribes. And right now they’re attacking our support for Ukrainian refugees.

"This lot are… not putting Wales first. They’re putting Putin first."

Labour peer who escaped Nazis as a child makes powerful Gaza 'splitting up families' plea

A Labour peer who fled the Nazis as a child has pleaded with the Government to rip up rules he warns are pulling Gazan families apart.

Lord Alf Dubs has written to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood calling on her to allow students to bring their children and spouses with them.

In a powerful plea for an exemption, Lord Dubs said students accepted to UK universities are being forced to choose between their families and their futures.

The former child refugee, 92, who came to the UK in 1939 on the as part of the Kindertransport rescue mission, wrote: "I know the cost of immigration rules that separate families.

"As one of nearly 10,000 unaccompanied children who arrived on the Kindertransport in 1939 I was given a lifeline by Britain to flee the Nazis in Czechoslovakia. But in taking only the children, 60% of children never saw their parents again."

He praised the Government for allowing students in Gaza with fully funded to be allowed to study at UK universities, saying they are "the future leaders of their country".

But he warned: "The present decision not to allow students to evacuate with their dependents, despite being able to show the means to support them, is forcing some students to choose between their family and their futures." Under current rules they are not allowed to bring their families with them.

Read the full story here.

SNP's time in power at Holyrood running out, Scottish Labour leader insists

Anas Sarwar has told the SNP their time in charge at Holyrood is “running out” as he insisted his party will defy the polls to win next year’s Scottish election.

The Scottish Labour leader warned the campaign will be dominated by the "gutter politics and bile of Reform" and the "cheap and cynical politics of the SNP".

But Sarwar said his party could beat both Nigel Farage and John Swinney to take power in May.

His comments came despite polls still placing Labour behind the SNP in Scotland, with Swinney's party currently forecast to win a record fifth successive Holyrood vote. Sarwar spoke of his ambition to replace the current First Minister and "have a new occupant in Bute House".

He told supporters at the Labour conference in Liverpool his party has "defied the odds and proven the pollsters wrong before, and we will do it again".

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Farage is a "serious threat" to Wales, Welsh Secretary says

Nigel Farage is a "serious threat" to Wales and has turned up there with "disrespect, division and derision" for communities, Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens has warned in her speech.

Stevens said: "Farage has turned up in Wales with patronising politics, with disrespect, division and derision for our communities.

"Reform UK don’t care about Wales. They haven’t got any Welsh policies. They haven’t got a Welsh leader. They can’t even spell Caerphilly right.

"But as much as we roll our eyes at their condescending nativist tone, they are a serious threat.

"They’re a threat to our communities, a threat to our NHS and, if you work in Welsh public services, they are a threat to your livelihood."

Pictured: Palestine Action supporters outside conference

A group of demonstrators have gathered outside the ACC Liverpool as the Labour annual conference goes on.

People were protesting the government having proscribed Palestine Action a terrorist organisation.

People were seen holding signs that said: "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action."

WATCH: Starmer introduces his 'friend' & 'real inspiration' Anthony Albanese

Starmer gave Albanese an Arsenal top and Aus PM brought 'Albo Beer'

The friends and Labour party leaders revealed the gifts they shared ahead of the annial conference.

Starmer jokingly said Albanese came armed with "Albo Beer" as a gift. The Australian PM said he was given an Arsenal top by the British PM.

Starmer introduced the premier by his nickname, Albo, to deliver a special address to Labour’s party conference in Liverpool.

He called the Australian Labor Party leader "a friend of mine, a real inspiration to those of us on the left, someone who is leading his country in the politics of renewal".

'Every single day counts', Anthony Albanese says

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that "every single day counts" for a Labour Government because change "takes time" but the challenges faced "never wait".

Albanese said: "For Labour governments, every single day counts because it takes time to turn promises into progress.

"It takes time for plans to work and be seen to work. For inflation to fall, wages to rise, new homes to be finished, new energy connected, new hospitals to open, new investments in education to flow into results.

"It takes time to tackle problems that have been created over decades. It takes time to repay trust by delivering on commitments, and in doing so, build trust for future action.

"It takes time to make change with people and make change work for people, and none of that means we can expect or ask for patience."

Armed forces families get 'first dibs' on homes under Labour housebuilding plans

Armed forces families and veterans will be given "first dibs" on new homes built on surplus Ministry of Defence land, John Healey has pledged.

Military personnel will receive priority access to housing under the plans after the Government struck a deal to buy back more than 36,000 properties from the private sector at a cost of almost £6 billion.

Confirming the "Forces First" scheme at Labour's annual conference in Liverpool, the Defence Secretary said the UK Government is determined to "stop the rot" of poor quality homes for servicemen and women.

"Armed forces housing was left in a shameful state by the Conservatives, hammering morale and driving a recruitment and retention crisis in our forces," he said.

"In our first year in office, Labour began the hard work to stop the rot and start the renewal of armed forces housing. We will turbocharge building on defence land to deliver new homes for both our service personnel and for civilian families across Britain."

Australia's PM shows support for his 'friend' Starmer at conference

Keir Starmer introduced his friend Anthony Albanese, who he called "Albo", for a surprise speech.

The head of Australia's Labour party praised the work that the head of the UK Labour party has done in the past year. Albanese said: "Labour as a movement chose democracy."

Praising the Labour partie, he added: "We chose to be both a movement for change and a party for government."

In an apparent dig to other parties and Reform, Albanese said: "Delivering change is difficut than just demanding it."

Labour conference visitors sing You'll Never Walk Alone

Labour Party activists joined the Liverpool Show Choir in singing You’ll Never Walk Alone, to mark the tabling of a Hillsborough Law.

Attendees, including the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his deputy David Lammy, stood as they sang the song from the musical Carousel, which has been adopted by Liverpool FC fans as their anthem.

Three men, two of whom wore Liverpool FC ties, held up a red and ochre scarf as they belted out the lyrics.

Ellie Reeves said from the stage she could not “ever remember a moment quite like that” at her party’s conference in the past.

The song came after Charlotte Hennessy, whose father James, known as Jimmy, died in the 1989 football stadium tragedy, spoke on stage.

“Our input hasn’t ended just because it started its journey through Parliament,” she said.

“We will be watching, we will be listening, and we will continue to follow its progress until it is passed in its entirety.”

'If answer is Nadine Dorries, the you're asking the wrong question'

Reform UK has been accused of "importing failed Tories" to write their policies, Ellie Reeves told the Labour Party conference.

The ex-party chairwoman said: "Until recently, their party was literally owned by one individual: Nigel Farage, a man who, when asked about his policies, said, and I quote ‘if you ask me how you’re going to do this, I can’t really give you an answer’.

“So how do they solve that problem? By importing failed Tories to help them write their policies.

“If the answer is Nadine Dorries, then you’re asking the wrong question.”

Steve Reed says he took 'dream job' not under circumstances he would have wanted

Steve Reed said he took on his “dream job” as Housing Secretary “not under the circumstances” he would have wanted.

Mr Reed received a standing ovation and applause for his tribute to predecessor and former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, who left Government earlier this month after a row over her tax affairs.

At the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, the Housing Secretary said: “When I picked up the phone to the Prime Minister three weeks ago, he offered me my dream job but not under the circumstances I would have wanted.

“So can I begin by thanking my good friend Angela Rayner for all she has done for our party and our Government over so many years – for workers’ rights, for local government, for building council homes.

“Angela, you are a true working-class hero.”

'We'll build communities', housing secretary says

Steve Reed said the government plans to build 12 new towns across the country.

These locations include: Adlington, Cheshire East; South Gloucestershire; Enfield; Heyford Park in Cherwell; Leeds; Victoria North, Manchester; Marlcombe, East Devon; Milton Keynes; Densified, Plymouth; Tempsford, Central Bedfordshire; Thamesmead, Greenwich ; and Worcestershire Parkway.

Reed told the conference: "I will do whatever it takes to get Britain building again, and we won’t just build homes, we’ll build communities. And not just communities but entire towns."

Government to start building three new towns before election

Steve Reed revealed the government's pledge to start working on three of the 12 new towns promised this week.

The Housing Secretary said three of these sites will start work before the next general election. This is part of the government's promise to bring 1.5million new homes to the public.

Reed said Tempsford, Crews Hill, and Leeds South Bank were the "most promising sites" and work on these will start before 2029.

'Tories crushed dreams of families who couldn’t afford a home'

Steve Reed slammed the previous Tory governments for how they handled the housing crisis and said he would "fight the Tory blockers".

The Housing Secretary said: "The Tories spent 14 years blocking the homes that people need. They didn’t just hold back the economy, they crushed the dreams of families who couldn’t afford a decent home.

"Well conference, no more. We will fight the Tory blockers and give working people the key to a decent home they can afford to live in."

'Build baby, build'

The Housing Secretary vowed the government would start working on their pledge to build homed across the nation.

Reed told the crowd "build baby, build" as some delegates were seen wearing hats with his slogan.

He added: "We will build the homes people need, we will build the communities where they can thrive."

Labour will 'restore the dream of homeownership'

Housing Secretary Steve Reed has told the conference how the Labour party will build 1.5 million homes.

He said work will start on three new towns before the next general election. Reed said: "We won't just build homes we will build communities."

Reed added that Labour would "build new towns with homes fit for families" and would "mobilise the full power of the state" to do this.

Following years of a serious housing crisis that has swept through the nation, Reed said this government would "restore the dream of homeownership".

Pictured: Anti-Reform leaflets at conference

Delegates were handed pamphlets with anti-Reform slogans at the annual conference.

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Delegates pay tribute to John Prescott

Labour activists applauded in tribute to party figures who have died since their last conference.

Included on the memoriam list was Hefin David, the Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly between 2016 and his death at age 47 earlier this year. Labour faces competition from rival parties in a by-election for the seat on October 23.

The applause rose in a crescendo when Lord John Prescott’s picture was displayed on screens in the conference hall.

The former deputy prime minister died age 86 in November.

Scottish Labour leader says he 'absolutely' has confidence in PM

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has insisted he "absolutely" has confidence in the Prime Minister – but made clear it would be him and not Sir Keir Starmer who leads Labour’s Holyrood election campaign.

Mr Sarwar added he is "confident" Labour will win the Scottish election next year, ending almost 20 years of SNP rule.

His comments came as a Norstat poll for The Sunday Times suggested the SNP is still leading in support, but voters have Labour and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK fighting for second place.

The Scottish Labour leader dismissed polls which show his party struggling for support.

Speaking to BBC Scotland’s Sunday Show from the Labour party conference in Liverpool Mr Sarwar said: "We have proven the pollsters and the pundits wrong, time and time again and we are going to do it again next year."