Labour conference latest: Rachel Reeves rules out return to austerity as Chancellor of the Exchequer grilled over party giveaway row

Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar are all expected to take the stage at today’s Labour conference.

Here is a list of schedules

• 9.30am – John Healey, Defence Secretary (pictured)
• 11:50 am – Jonathan Reynolds, Business Secretary
• 12:00 pm – Rachel Reeves – Chancellor
• 13.45 hours Peter Kyle – Science Secretary
• 1:50 p.m. Louise Haigh – Transport Secretary
• 14:50 Ian Murray – Scottish Secretary
• 14:55 Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party
• 15:00 Jo Stevens – Welsh Secretary
• 15:05 h Eluned Morgan, leader of the Welsh Labour Party
• 3:10 p.m. Hilary Benn – Northern Ireland Secretary
• 15:15 Steve Reed, Secretary of State for the Environment
• 15:25 Ed Miliband, Climate Change and Net Zero Secretary

Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage from the Labour conference in Liverpool.

The economy will be the focus of the day in Merseyside.

At 12pm, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her speech on how the party plans to manage the public finances amid criticism over the decision to scrap the winter fuel allowance and a row over gifts that threatens to engulf Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner.

Also on today’s agenda are Environment Secretary Steve Reed, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar.

Stay with us as we fill you in on developments throughout the day with our political reporters in Liverpool watching the action as it unfolds.