Andy Burnham says Britain needs ‘wholesale change’ as Labour MPs prepare for conference – as it happened

Andy Burnham. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

5.48pm BST

Afternoon summary

• Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, has said that Britain needs “wholesale change” – implying that Keir Starmer has yet to show how Labour will deliver this. (See 2.24pm.)

• Sadiq Khan has hit back at Donald Trump, accusing the US president of being “racist, sexist, misogynistic and Islamophobic” after he used a speech at the UN to call the London mayor “terrible” and claim the city was being steered toward “sharia law”.

• Nigel Farage has refused to criticise Donald Trump’s claims that paracetamol, sold in the US as Tylenol, could cause autism, saying “science is never settled” and he would never “side with” medical experts. In a further sign of his eagerness to echo Trump at his most unhinged and inflammatory, Farage also claimed migrants are eating swans in London parks. The Royal Parks said this claim is unfounded. (See 12.01pm.)

• The government could start buying parts from Jaguar Land Rover’s suppliers in a plan to protect manufacturing jobs from the impact of a severe cyber-attack, as it explores options to support companies supplying the stricken carmaker.

For a full list of all the stories covered on the blog today, do scroll through the list of key event headlines near the top of the blog.

5.32pm BST

Bridget Phillipson says Reform UK's plan to end indefinite leave to remain 'disgusting and vile'

Next week voting will open in Labour’s deputy leadership contest. Here are some developments in the election, where the two candidates are Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, and Lucy Powell, the former Commons leader.

• Phillipson has described the Reform UK plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain – the status that allows some people who have been living in the UK on a visa to stay for good. In an interview with Radio 5 Live, she said:

I do think Reform and [Nigel] Farage are becoming ever more extreme. I think if you look at what’s been said in the last couple of days about threatening the rights of people, [who] have been here many, many years, have played by the rules and done the right thing – what they’re talking about there, I think, is just disgusting and vile.

This goes well beyond the party’s official response to the plans on Monday, which was to stress the practical flaws with them. Labour wants migrants to have to wait longer, for 10 years not five years, before they can apply for indefinite leave to remain.

• Lucy Powell has been endorsed by Dale Vince, the green entrepreneur and donor to the party. He said:

I believe Lucy Powell is the best choice for deputy leader because of her ability to communicate and to represent the views of the wider party, members and backbench MPs to the leadership, and vice versa.

I believe that Lucy’s independence from government and the collective responsibility of cabinet will enable this vital role.

I have great respect for Bridget, but on balance, with the deputy PM role now separate from the deputy leader – I believe it’s right to go all the way and have a deputy leader that is not in the government.

Vine has also donated £15,000 to Powell’s campaign.

• Phillipson has told LabourList in an interview that if she is elected deputy leader, members will have a “campaigning voice around the cabinet table”.