Labour conference: Cutting winter fuel payments ‘right decision’, says Reeves, as No 10 says no change to council tax discount for single people – as it happened

Rachel Reeves speaks during the Labour party conference Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

6.20pm BST

Early evening summary

• Rachel Reeves has defended her decisions to cut the winter fuel allowance and abandon infrastructure projects as she argued the decisions taken in the early weeks of the Labour government would pave the way to a more optimistic economic future.

• The Unite union has accused Labour conference organisers of seeking to silence them by scheduling a vote that could condemn cuts to winter fuel payments for the very end of the gathering.

• Nurses in England have rejected the 5.5% pay rise they were given for this year, in a move that may lead to them to start striking again in pursuit of higher salaries.

• Scottish Labour believes access to the winter fuel allowance could be widened in Scotland as it tries to fight off its opponents’ attacks before the next Holyrood election.

• Landlords who rent out substandard draughty homes face a crackdown under plans set out by the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, at the Labour party conference.

• Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, has condemned scaremongering around Labour’s plans for an overhaul of workers’ rights next month, saying the package will transform lives, including for pregnant women and bereaved parents.

6.12pm BST

60% of Britons think Labour won't be re-elected, polling suggests

More in Common, the campaign group trying to reduce division in politics, has published some research looking at Labour’s prospects of winning a second term. It’s grim reading for activists, and it was unveiled at a fringe meeting at the conference this afternoon. Here are some of the findings.

1) Labour’s electoral coalition is unwieldy, because it relies on support from the left and the right, the report says.

2) A modest Tory recovery could lead to them becoming the largest party after the election.

3) Keir Starmer’s approval ratings have collapsed.

4) 60% of Britons think Labour won’t be relected, polling suggests.

5) 17% of people who voted Labour at the election regret doing so, polling suggests.