As it happened: Monday at the Lib Dem conference

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Liberal Democrat conference from Birmingham. As the delegates digest their breakfasts and rub the sleep from their eyes, their leader Nick Clegg is already hard at work - visiting the Jaguar factory in nearby Solihull, with Business Secretary Vince Cable.

Mr Cable is the star turn in the conference hall today. Expect his big set piece speech at 1220 BST.

Before that, there is an emergency debate on phone hacking - after actor and campaigner Hugh Grant Hugh Grant addressed a packed fringe meeting on that subject on Sunday.

Stick with us on this page for live updates throughout the day, diary items, conference gossip and full coverage of the big speeches.

After hacking, delegates will move onto rioting - or the discussion of it at least. Then we're expecting a speech from Employment Minister Ed Davey at about 1030 BST.

Later on, at about 1220 BST, Mr Cable will be giving the main speech of the day. We know he's got his sights set on executive salaries and ways to beef up the power of shareholders to veto any big pay packets or bonuses they disapprove of.

Extracts we've seen so far from Vince Cable's speech suggest his language may be a bit more restrained than it was at last year's conference when he attacked City "spivs and gamblers" and "outrageous" bank bonuses.

Party president Tim Farron has just been speaking about the party's finances - and how tough it has been for them since they lost their Short money (the grant given to opposition parties to fund research). It has also been a difficult time at party HQ, he reveals, with staff being cut but they are recruiting new fundraisers. The party recently moved out of its rabbit warren-like HQ in Cowley Street to less expensive, more modern premises nearby.

The phone-hacking debate is now under way, being opened by Don Foster MP. The motion calls for an overhaul of the Press Complaints Commission, "appropriate sanctions" - including financial penalties - for breach of the PCC code, and the introduction of custodial sentences for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act. It also calls for a strengthening of rules on the "fit and proper" ownership of media bodies.

Energy Secretary Chris Huhne ran the gauntlet last night in Birmingham when he came face to face with representatives of the nuclear and renewables lobbies - not natural allies. Both sides left the fringe meeting reasonably happy with what they heard. Mr Huhne said nuclear was the "cheapest form" of low carbon energy around and a new generation of plants were needed to "ensure we keep the lights on". But he also said there was no "economic justification" for any public subsidy. As for renewables, he pledged support for tidal, solar and pump storage while describing wind turbines as "tremendously beautiful" and the "windmills" of our age.

While her ex-husband - the aforementioned Mr Huhne - was at his fringe meeting on nuclear energy, Vicky Pryce was front row at a packed fringe event about the euro crisis on Sunday evening. Speeding allegations were not mentioned. Economist Ms Pryce was offering her insight on the eurozone's problems - largely that no one had worked out what to do in a crisis.

Nick Clegg has released a statement welcoming the new Jaguar Land Rover plant that is to be built in Wolverhampton. He says it's "fantastic news" and will mean 700 new jobs for local people. The plant will have \u00a310 million of state support - something Mr Clegg says demonstrates that "the government is not sitting on its hands" when it comes to generating growth.

The phone hacking motion is carried unanimously. Next up, a debate on the riots.

The emergency riots motion highlights the different approaches of the Lib Dems and the Conservatives to the violence. It expresses concern about some of the lengthy sentences handed down, opposes proposals for powers to restrict access to social networking sites and criticises the removal of benefits, including council housing, from those involved in the disorder and their families.

A bit more from that fringe event with the ex-Mrs Chris Huhne, Vicky Pryce. There were some supportive noises for comments made by the prime minister and chancellor in recent weeks about the eurozone crisis, but also concern about attempts by Tory backbenchers to use it to claw powers back from the EU. Scottish Secretary Michael Moore said such "noises off" were "deeply damaging".

Anyone looking for some memorabilia at the conference could pick up a badge or two.

Brian Paddick, Lib Dem candidate for London Mayor and ex-senior Metropolitan Police officer, is up now discussing riots and is taking a swipe at his former colleagues. He says the police should have known that the shooting of a man - Mark Duggan - by officers would lead to a riot.

Dan Roper, a Lib Dem member and probation officer, is making a scathing attack on the "Tory right" and their response to the riots. He thinks too many people have been locked up. Labour ministers are in the firing line too for their prison policies - although only those Mr Roper calls "the sons of Michael Howard".

The Police Federation of England and Wales is launching a campaign against police cuts and aimed squarely at Lib Dems. It says the party promised in its general election manifesto to put an extra 3,000 officers on our streets, but instead they're now signed up to a 20% cut to the police budget which the federation says will see 16,000 fewer officers on the streets. "The Liberal Democrats seem to be suffering from a form of collective amnesia on policing," chairman Paul McKeever says.

Winding up the riots debate, Brian Haley, from Haringey, says it is the right time to address the social causes of the riots. He says Labour's policies promised a lot but delivered very little for people in the affected areas. It is time for change, he says. The motion is carried unanimously.

Business Minister Ed Davey is on his feet addressing conference delegates.

Mr Davey praises his Liberal Democrat boss, Business Secretary Vince Cable. It is a "huge privilege" to work with him, he tells conference.

Mr Davey is speaking on Post Office reform and tells delegates "the days of local Post Office closures are over". He says Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has found "more than \u00a31bn" to modernise the network.

Mr Davey announces plans to turn the Post Office into a mutual cooperative rather than a national network. This is the Liberal way, he exclaims. He also announces that Natwest have agreed that their customers will be able to use Post Office branches for banking.

Mr Davey promises that maternity leave will not be scrapped - this was apparently floated as a bit of "blue sky thinking" by David Cameron's strategy chief Steve Hilton. Mr Davey also pledges a radical reform of the employment tribunal system which has been "bad for employers and employees but good for lawyers".

Delegates are now debating a motion in support of the Facing the Future policy development paper. It sets out what are considered to be the main challenges for government and the sort of policy solutions the party should look for. It lists 17 policy development priorities ahead of the next general election.

The paper is explicit about some polices that need to be reviewed, including the Lib Dem's opposition to nuclear power. It also calls for immigration policy to be refreshed, new thinking on "wealth taxes, land taxes, green taxation, and localisation of revenue-raising" and warns that "liberals must always be vigilant" when it comes to any possible watering down of the Human Rights Act.

At a fringe event in Birmingham last night, our reporter Emma Griffiths listened as Lib Dem Scottish Secretary Michael Moore voiced his fear that backbench Conservative Europhobes were trying to use the current euro crisis as an excuse to claw back powers from Brussels. Read all about what he said here.

Opening the debate Dr Julie Smith, from Cambridge, urges delegates to support the motion. She is followed by Linda Jack, Mid Bedforshire. She lists the achievements of the Lib Dems - the pupil premium, raising the tax threshold, tackling the "tax thieves" - but warns that cuts to housing benefit, legal aid and child care are hitting the most vulnerable. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg must do more to challenge the Conservatives on social issues, she concludes.

Opposing the motion, Tony Vickers, from Newbury, says the policy paper doesn't deal adequately with the economic challenges the country faces. Unless we fix the economy work on other policy areas will be "futile", he says.

David Laws is doing the rounds today at conference in what many see as the start of his return to the political frontline following his expenses troubles. He tells the BBC that the "immediate priority" is getting the economy moving and getting the deficit down - not the politicial future of the Lib Dems. He says it would be "a disaster" to re-open the Spending Review - the public sector cuts are here to stay.

Malcolm Bruce, Lib Dem MP for Gordon, tells delegates in the main hall that the economic and political stability in the UK has never been so fragile and so in need of the "radical and practial approach of the Liberal Democrats".

Mr Bruce launches a scathing attack on the SNP in Scotland, who he accuses of threatening the cohesion of the UK. "They are taking every opportunity to bring about break up of the UK," he tells delegates, warning that "it will diminish us all".

Ed Randall, Greenwich Borough, says the Lib Dems are "wedded to an economic nostrum" that is misguided. He's opposing the policy paper, which he helped to write, because he says it fails to provide Lib Dem explanations for why the society and planet are in such a mess.

Away from Birmingham, the prime minister's official spokesman has been asked about Vince Cable's proposals to rein in executive pay. He said: "The discussion paper sets out a number of options to address this issue. The objective now is to have further discussions on this."

Richard Younger-Ross, Newton Abbot, gets a round of applause when he mentions the Lib Dem policy of scrapping Trident. The coalition has delayed the final decision on replacement of the nuclear deterrent until after the next election, amid Lib Dem concerns over its cost. The government has also committed to a study into alternative deterrent options.

Not sure we've ever seen Nick Clegg sporting a smart-casual cardigan, but still, this pamphlet has popped up on a Royal National Institute for the Blind trade stall at conference. Perhaps the look will catch on...

Interventions are being taken in the main hall on the debate on the Facing the Future policy paper. One delegate, David Grace, rubbishes the idea of having 17 priorities at a general election. The main focus must be jobs, he stresses. The Liberal Democrats must create a programme for jobs and if that is blocked by the Conservatives then at least people will know where the party stands, he adds.

Councillor Anood Al-Samerai, Bermondsey and Old Southwark, receives a round of applause when she calls for more homes to be built. "If you don't have the most basic security of a roof over your head then you're not getting a fair chance", she says.

The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson thinks we should take the Lib Dem efforts to distance themselves from the Conservatives with a pinch of salt. Read more here.

Owen Temple, North Durham, questions whether Britain needs to have the "fourth highest budget in the military world". The higher the budget the more who will die or be injured in overseas action, he says. He tells the hall that the British public are ready for a debate on whether the UK should continue to "punch above its weight" or whether we should focus on securing our borders and spend the remainder of the defence budget on domestic priorities.

Dipping into BBC2's Daily Politics, Sam Coates, from the Times, says the mood at the conference is fairly cheery. He's detected a feeling that members believe they've got the worst out of the way - the intial fall in popularity after joining the coalition - and now the only way is up.

Just to remind you, we're expecting Business Secretary Vince Cable to address the main hall in about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, Jon Hurt - a member from Birmingham Perry Barr, not the actor - is on his feet, criticising the new English Baccalaureate brought in by the coalition.

David Rendel, a delegate from Newbury, tells the hall children in the UK are less happy than those in other countries because parents are more focused on gaining material possessions for their children than spending time with them. He blames Margaret Thatcher who he says taught them that greed was not a vice but a virtue.

Lib Dem MP Norman Lamb is winding up the debate in the main hall.

"We in the UK have consistently underestimated the political will to keep the show on the road," says Energy Secretary Chris Huhne on the eurozone crisis, hitting back at Lord Ashdown, who reckons the zone will inevitably break apart.

"It's rash to assume that things are going to fall apart," the business secretary tells Andrew Neil on BBC Two's Daily Politics.

On the subject of things falling apart, Mr Huhne tells the Daily Politics the coalition is very much doing the opposite - working well together: "I think compromise has been a good thing."

Business Secretary Vince Cable is on his feet making a speech in the main hall. He says "we now face a crisis that is the economic equivalent of war".

It's "daft" to be talking about curbing executive pay, says Miles Templeton, head of the Institute of Directors. He says he hopes it's just "conference rhetoric" because it isn't something that would help the UK economy.

Recovery has stalled in the US and the position in the eurozone is "dire", Vince Cable tells conference, but says many of the problems facing the UK are home-grown. He blames a "flawed" British model of growth that led to to high household debt and an inflated property bubble.

Vince Cable, in full flow

Mr Cable says he and Liberal Democrat Business Minister Ed Davey have done what Conservative and Labour governments failed to do: legislate for a necessary reform of the Royal Mail with worker shares and provide a stable future for the Post Office network.

tweets Cable hints Osborne to blame for Rogue Trade? Regrets didn't get tighter bank control. Bad msg sent. "We now know where that leads"

The attack on Labour's economic policies shows again how the Lib Dems are trying this week to build their reputation for economic credibility while setting themselves apart from the Tories by delivering "fairness" in government.

The business secretary lists three priorities: stability (in government finances and the banks), stimulus (to support sustainable growth) and solidarity (to give people a sense of a shared society, reducing "appalling" wealth inequalities).

It's unusual to hear a Lib Dem minister admitting to being unable to deliver in government (on tighter control on the bank pay and bonuses). They're trying very hard this week to persuade members of their policy successes in government.

Party managers love a having some good news during the conference - the Jaguar Land Rover jobs announcement is just that. A source at the company tells us the announcement was brought forward after a "strong request" from the government.

Nick Clegg has talked recently about Plan A plus - stay on course on the deficit but try and do more to generate growth through big infrastructure projects. Vince Cable's buzzword is "stimulus". The government is casting around for ideas to promote growth but ministers know their options are limited.

Mr Cable follows in Business Minister and Lib Dem colleague Ed Davey's footsteps and rubbishes the idea of scrapping maternity rights, that was reportedly mooted by David Cameron's adviser Steve Hilton.

Delegates have broken for lunch at the Liberal Democrat conference. Things will be back up and running at 2.30pm when delegates will debate a policy motion on Tackling Violence against Women. Then, a little later, Nick Clegg faces questions from the hall.

A bit of relief from Miles Templeton, of the Institute of Directors, on BBC's Daily Politics. Apart from a bit of "banker bashing", he thinks Mr Cable was fairly mild in his words - he says business and industry are on the right track to secure the economic recovery and they don't need more tinkering.

Vince Cable wrapped up his speech by warning of "difficult times ahead" but promising "we can turn the economy around" by putting fairness at the heart of the agenda. He receives a big round of applause and a standing ovation from delegates in the main hall. But what will the pundits make of it?

tweets Cable has managed not just to look like an undertaker - but sound like one as well. "Grey skies ahead" he tells #libdem delegates

The most striking thing about Mr Cable's speech was its "bleakness" about Britain's economic prospects, reckons BBC News chief political correspondent Norman Smith. But its main aim politically - with his pledge on executive pay - was to differentiate the Lib Dems from the Tories.

Vince Cable's wife, Rachel Smith, has now weighed into the debate. She told BBC Radio 4's the World at One some government departments have cut spending too quickly. She did not name names - or question the government's target of 25% cuts over the life of the parliament - but she said some departments had "put the pain upfront" - and the "question of whether that's right is worth debating".

Vince Cable can't be everywhere. The business secretary has failed to show at a British Chambers of Commerce lunchtime fringe meeting. His replacement is Vicki Pryce, an economist, former government adviser and Chris Huhne's ex-wife - and someone who, so far this week, is proving that she can be everywhere.

Ms Pryce - who is still at the centre of a speeding points row - tells the meeting she expects the government to be more "proactive" on growth in the next few months. Incidentally, she says she was "quite annoyed" that a photographer took a picture of her as she arrived at the venue. It was not the publicity she was concerned about, she added, but that her hair was looking out of place due to the windy conditions.

Are the Liberal Democrats really "punching above their weight" in coalition with the Conservatives, as Nick Clegg claims? Find out what Lib Dem delegates in Birmingham think.

Charming! Our BBC colleague James Landale has just been called a "miserable sod" by a Lib Dem minister. Lynne Featherstone was speaking in jest - but the point she was making that the media is being too gloomy about the party's electoral prospects and that Nick Clegg is "in great form" this week was shared by many at the lunchtime fringe meeting.

In the main conference hall, Lib Dem MP Tom Brake is opening a debate on a motion calling for greater protection for female victims of domestic violence.

It's always good when the boss likes your work. This was Nick Clegg a little while ago giving Vince Cable a clap and a smile at the end of his speech.

Mr Brake tells delegates the motion also "shines a spotlight" on the sexual exploitation of children which happens "in our towns and cities".

Just a heads up for you, the next major item on the agenda this afternoon is a Q&A session at about 1515 BST with Nick Clegg. He'll be taking questions - and possibly flack - from the party rank and file.

An amendment to the main motion seeks to stop tabloid newspapers from portraying women in a sexualised way that broadcasters would not be allowed to do before the watershed. Holding up copies of the Sun and the Daily Star, former Lib Dem MP Evan Harris says it's "wrong" that sexualised images of women should be seen as "normalised".

Dr Ann Morrison, a magistrate in Birmingham, tells the hall she is "saddened" that the motion does not mention the role of the police in tackling violence against women. She claims there is an "enormous" section of the police that still doesn't take it seriously.

Women and Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone is on her feet. She says: "Violence affects women across the globe and it takes many forms and emerges from many perpetrators, but the underlying cause is always the same: discrimination." She tells delegates that an average of two women a week are murdered by their partners or former partners.

Two Lib Dems MPs will miss Nick Clegg's closing speech to the conference because they're going on honeymoon. Duncan Hames and Jo Swinson got married - to each other - four months ago, but they've delayed their honeymoon until now. Mr Hames told the BBC the conference was "a great prelude" to their trip.

Ms Featherstone says more rape crisis centres are opening under the coalition, but she acknowledges more needs to be done to tackle the causes of domestic violence, saying attitudinal change is a key priority.

Lib Dem peer Baroness Hamwee is now at the podium in the main conference hall. Referring to the amendment on sexualised images of women in magazines and newspapers, she says she supports it in principle but warns it could have "unintended consequences", and urges further debate on it.

Delegates have approved the main motion on domestic violence with the amendment.

Here's Nick Clegg. Tieless and looking relaxed, he takes the microphone and the first question - how do Lib Dems regain the trust of voters who have deserted them since the coalition was formed?

His answer? We need to steadily explain, over and over again, what we have managed to achieve in power. He cites increases in the income tax threshold, the pupil premium and the triple-lock guarantee for pensioners as examples.

The deputy PM smiles when asked whether it's secretly true that the Liberal Democrats are running the government. He quips: "I've always been taught by my mum to be modest about your achievements..."

Mr Clegg stresses that the government is cutting public spending because it has to, not because it wants to. But oh, how he would love to discover "pots of gold" in some "dark corner in Whitehall" to plough back into the country, he adds.

Mr Clegg agrees with a delegate that more investment is need in infrastructure. This is a good thing to do anyway, but it is an especially good thing to do now to create jobs and build confidence in the economy, he tells the hall.

Nick Clegg holding court...

Nick Clegg defends the government's plans for high-speed rail following a question on HS2 - the planned line between London and Birmingham with a possible future extension to northern England and Scotland. He says the coalition has finally taken the tough decision that many governments "ducked" in the past - to spend a lot of money to fix an age-old problem - how to better link up the north and south.

Mr Clegg says "pulling up the drawbridge" and engaging in protectionism are not the way to help British business compete with foreign rivals. A supplementary question on making sure investment goes to British companies prompts Mr Clegg to raise Bombardier. He says he was "very annoyed" about how the previous administration went about organising the Thameslink contract, which led to Siemens rather than Derby-based Bombardier being successful.

A \u00a3350 million fund is being set up to educate up to a million girls in Africa and Asia by 2015, Mr Clegg announces.

On youth unemployment, Nick Clegg says it is a "crisis" that young people are locked out of the Labour market. It's a problem that has been going on for years and urgently needs addressing, he says.

Mr Clegg acknowledges the "huge damage" that the coalition's higher education policy - trebling tuition fees - has done to the party.

A round of applause for Nick Clegg when he calls for more affordable housing - clearly a hot topic at the Liberal Democrat conference. He comes over a bit school-masterly though - saying to the questioner: "Are you listening?" - before giving the answer.

Nick Clegg reveals he's a huge fan of Erasmus - a scheme which allows students to study part of their degree in another country. At our best, he says - pointing out with a smile that the phrase sounds a little "Gordon Brown-esque" - we're an outward-looking, open country so schemes like that make great sense.

The Lib Dems are "seriously failing" as a party on diversity, says Mr Clegg. Pointing to himself with a sheepish grin, he says there are too many white, middle-aged, middle-class men in the party. Serious change is needed, he adds.

On internships, the Lib Dem leader tells delegates he believes that they now narrow oportunity rather than widen it because they are about "who you know rather than what you know".

We had a simple early need to show that coalition could work, Mr Clegg says, to show that a hung Parliament need not be "apocalyptic". He says the Lib Dems "worked respectfully" in the beginning, but are now becoming more articulate about their differences from the Conservatives. He acknowledges it has been a "very difficult year" for the party but says it is time to "stop beating ourselves up".

Taking his last question, Mr Clegg says the party's historical cause to reform politics - although set back by losing the AV referendum - is more important now than it ever was. He says prime minister's questions has become "a parody of a parody of a parody" and it must change.

So that's the end of the Q&A. Next up is a debate on a policy motion on Stimulating Growth in the Digital Economy.

Dee Doocey is chairing the debate which is being opened by Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert.

Several amendments have been tabled some of which aim to protect the intellectual property rights of creators, include additional protection in libel law for those merely hosting the content of others and establish a new government department responsible for national and international IT infrastructure and cyber-terrorism.

Mr Huppert, Cambridge MP, tells delegates piracy is a huge problem.

Neville Farmer, Wyre Forest, says it is "madness" that there is still no one minister responsible for information technology years after the formation of the internet, and yet Britain's economic future is dependent on it.

Former Lib Dem MP Evan Harris - a big wheel on the party's federal conference committee who seems to have taken part in every debate today - is appealing for support for amendment three, which objects to granting the government or police additional powers to restrict access to the internet or social media.

Amendment three would also amend the Communications Act 2003 "used to prosecute innocent users of social media for non-intentional remarks taken out of context" - and which led to the trial of man arrested for joking about a bomb threat on Twitter, argues Mr Harris.

Moving amendment two - to recognise and protect the intellectual property rights of creators - Jonathan Walls, from Reading, said IP rights were the only protection artists had against the free market. We should support artists with a loud and clear voice he said, as he urged support for the amendment.

The final amendment is being moved by Viv Bingham from Hazel Grove. He wants conference to uphold the right of individuals - particularly in their private or community lives - to use long established methods of communication, such as the postal system, the telephone and books. He says most poor families don't have the internet and can't afford to use it elsewhere.

Neil McGovern, Cambridge, is criticising the Digital Economy Act which was introduced in the "dying days" of the last Parliament.

Liberal Democrat MP for Bath and the party's backbench media spokesman, Don Foster, says internet piracy is a big problem and that people need to be educated to show them the damage that piracy does to the creators and the creative industries.

Several delegates have taken to the stage to criticise the Digital Economy Act passed by the last government - in particular controversial aspects which could see persistent illegal file-sharers disconnected from the web and copyright holders given the power to block access to websites hosting illegal content.

No contest when it comes to the fringe meeting with the most bling this year. Lord Sebastian Coe and Jonathan Edwards have three Olympic gold medals between them, as well as several others of various colours. But they were not the only former top athletes present at the London 2012 gathering in Birmingham. Sir Menzies Campbell, a former champion sprinter who was "Britain's fastest man" in the late 1960s, was also present. Topics ranged from the legacy of the Games and disruption from road closures to volunteering and, most crucially, the availability of Olympic bunting.

Some reaction to the Lib Dem leader's Q&A performance. Benedict Brogan, of the Daily Telegraph, thinks "Nick Clegg demonstrated his worth as a communicator, with a confident reassertion of why his part is in coalition, and why they should stay the course". The Daily Mail's Iain Martin, however, is unimpressed, tweeting: "One of the most unintentionally hilarious spectacles of our times: Nick Clegg pontificating piously about social mobility."

Back in the conference hall, delegates have been taking it in turns to make short speeches on the digital economy bill. Bridget Fox, Islington, is now summing up, saying she "prefers Huppert to Hunt". She says better digital infrastructure is just as important as better transport links for the UK.

Back to that lunchtime Olympic meeting and a reminder of how politics can come full circle. Don Foster unseated Chris Patten in the 1992 general election when he beat the then Tory Party chairman in a surprise result in Bath. Fast forward almost 20 years and the two men are renewing acquaintances again in their respective roles as Lib Dem media spokesman and BBC chairman. Mr Foster told delegates he would be speaking to his "good friend" again after the session. What would be on the agenda? Any reminiscences about that titanic fight all those years ago? The Lib Dem MP said he wanted to talk about the BBC's plans for its 2012 coverage which he was confident would be the best ever.

Delegates have voted on the amendments to the main motion. The substantive motion has been passed along with amendments two, three and four.

Just so you're up to speed, amendment two recognises and protects the intellectual property rights of creators while amendment three seeks to provide extra protection in libel law for those merely hosting the content of others. It also objects to the police or government restricting access to the internet or social media. The final amendment asks conference to uphold the right of individuals to use long established methods of communication, such as the postal system and books. In particular, it applauds the decision not to abolish cheques.

We're going to wrap things up now but before we go just to fill you in on tomorrow. Tuesday's highlights include a Q&A session on NHS reform at 1130 BST - a controversial subject if ever there was one - followed by a speech from Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne at 1220 BST.

Before that, though, there'll be a debate on a motion calling for an end to the ban in England on blood donation from men who've had sex with men. Expect that to start at 0940 BST.

We'll be back with more live commentary in the morning, and until then, you can get more coverage and analysis from Birmingham on BBC radio, television and the rest of our website. Thanks for joining us and for all your contributions.