Academics challenge Starmer to accept Israel’s siege of Gaza is against international law – UK politics live

Labour urged to clarify its position on collective punishment by 39 academics who say party must confirm it ‘opposes the commission of war crimes’

Welsh government will cut budgets to maintain health and rail services

Labour-led government needs to find £600m to balance books, blaming inflation, austerity, pay and ‘mismanagement’ by UK government

The Guardian view on the austerity delusion: economies cannot cut their way to growth

Editorial: Economics is a religion where rhetoric persuades voters to believe bad policies can have good results

Jeremy Hunt warns of ‘difficult decisions’ ahead as public finances worsen

Chancellor rules out tax rises and vows to cut spending in autumn statement as borrowing rises up to £30bn more than forecast

UK economy grew by 0.2% in August – but recession concerns remain

Rise in GDP fuelled by business services amid worries that impact of recent interest rate hikes yet to be felt

‘Securonomics’: five key business messages from Labour conference

With company chiefs in attendance and an endorsement from Mark Carney, shadow chancellor sought to demonstrate economic competence

Keir Starmer says Labour will tackle obstacles holding back housebuilding as protester interrupts conference speech – as it happened

Labour leader says party has ‘plan to get Britain building again’ after security breach where protester threw glitter on him at start of speech

Rachel Reeves’ slowly-slowly growth strategy won’t provide the billions public services need now

Business will welcome Labour’s message of stability, but it may be too little, too late for our ailing health and education systems, says Josh Ryan-Collins, an associate professor at UCL

The Guardian view on Labour’s conference message: win by focusing on the economy

Editorial: Rachel Reeves’ plans for stable growth contrast favourably with the Tories’ record of wasteful, corrupt and inept administration

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

Carney says ‘it is beyond time we put her energy and ideas into action’ in video shown to Labour conference after shadow chancellor’s speech

To all the doubters who still think Labour too tame: read its policies – and finally believe

From clean energy to affordable housing, Rachel Reeves says she has a plan to pay for it all, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Mark Carney is ace in Rachel Reeves’ already strong hand against Tories

Ex-Bank of England governor’s backing for shadow chancellor shows how far Labour’s economic message has travelled

Rachel Reeves: I’ll be iron chancellor who gets UK economy back on track

Shadow chancellor says in Labour conference speech that next election will be fought on economic issues

Businesses are turning to Labour in droves, says Darren Jones

Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury says multinationals are ‘crying out for stability and competence’

Wes Streeting says Labour will come down on vaping industry ‘like ton of bricks’ over sales to children – as it happened

Shadow health secretary interviewed by Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner at Labour party conference in Liverpool