Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney endorses Rachel Reeves – as it happened

Rachel Reeves, shadow chancellor, delivers a speech to party delegates on day two of the Labour party conference. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

6.29pm BST

Early evening summary

• Labour will fight the next election on the economy, Rachel Reeves has told the party’s conference, claiming she would be the “iron” chancellor who would help rebuild Britain after 13 years of Conservative rule.

• Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of England, has in effect endorsed her as a future chancellor, delivering a message to the conference saying she is a “serious economist” and “it is beyond time we put her energy and ideas into action”. (See 1.29pm.) There is an analysis of the significance of this from Richard Partington here.

• Labour’s leadership believes Scottish politics has reached a “tipping point” where it can beat the Scottish National party at the next general and Holyrood elections after last week’s dramatic byelection result.

• Rwanda is a country that “imprisons, tortures and murders” its opponents, including those who have already fled the country, the UK’s supreme court has heard.

• A list of transport projects to be funded using HS2 money, which included schemes that had already been built or were swiftly deleted, was intended only to be “illustrative”, Rishi Sunak has said.

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Updated at 6.31pm BST

6.15pm BST

Labour delegates back Unite motion calling for energy renationalistion and HS2 to be built in full

Labour delegates voted overwhelmingly in favour of the critical infrastructure motion, proposed by Unite and Aslef, calling for “UK energy to be brought back into public ownership, starting with the National Grid’s electricty and gas networks”. The motion also called for HS2 to be built in full – not just to Manchester, but the eastern leg to Leeds too.

Neither of those proposals are Labour policy, and Keir Starmer has repeatedly ruled out renationalising energy companies, and so technically you could view this as a defeat. But the leadership did not seem to put any effort into getting delegates to vote the composite down. The vote was taken at the end of proceedings, and it passed on a show of hands. It is as if the leadership doesn’t mind it passing provided the unions don’t mind it not counting for anything. At this conference there is so much unity that even the defeats are harmonious.

This is from the Labour for a Green New Deal campaign.

BREAKING: Labour Conference votes to support public ownership of energy ⚡️

Delegates defy Labour leadership by voting overwhelmingly in favour of motion from @unitetheunion, @ASLEFunion & @TSSAunion 👊

BREAKING: Labour Conference votes to support public ownership of energy ⚡️

Delegates defy Labour leadership by voting overwhelmingly in favour of motion from @unitetheunion, @ASLEFunion & @TSSAunion 👊 pic.twitter.com/MAaLVqvAbl

— Labour for a Green New Deal (@LabGND) October 9, 2023

Updated at 7.10pm BST