Labour party conference

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls says Labour will stick with austerity, capping child benefit and pledging not to raise borrowing.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls says the previous Labour government did not regulate the banks “in a tough enough way” and his party has learned lessons since then.

Jack Dromey says he’s “a lifelong opponent of men who abuse children”, after reports that the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) which he worked for endorsed a 1970s paedophile rights group.

David Cameron tells the Conservative conference he wants to create a society built on hard work, tax cuts and enterprise, in which everyone has “the chance to make it”.

Lord Sugar tells Channel 4 News that Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre “has gone too far this time” after the paper depicted Ed Miliband’s father as “the man who hated Britain”.

After the Daily Mail attack on Ed Miliband’s father, Lord Prescott says “anyone with blood in their heart would defend their family” – but journalist Anne McElvoy believes “Ed should defend himself.”

Labour leader Ed Miliband tells Channel 4 News that despite opposition to his new energy policy, the party will refuse to budge. “We will take on vested interests,” he says.

Labour leader Ed Miliband unveils his biggest policy pledge at the party conference in Brighton – a commitment to freeze gas and electricity prices until 2017.

Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint defends Labour’s energy pledge and tells Channel 4 News companies aren’t cutting bills when wholesale prices fall. But companies condemn the policy.

Columnist Iain Dale tackles an anti-nuclear protester – and his dog – on the seafront during a live interview with former Labour spin doctor Damian McBride.

Twenty-five hours of free childcare funded by the state. Labour is promising to help working families beat the cost of living crisis – with a higher tax on banks to pay for it.