Philip Hammond won applause from the Tory faithful when he urged them to stand “foursquare behind the prime minister” to rescue her Brexit plan.
The Chancellor rejected claims from both pro and anti-EU Tories that the Chequers proposals were dead, after their mauling by the EU – insisting they could still deliver an agreement.
“Mr Tusk [the European Council president] says it won’t work - but that’s what people said about the lightbulb in 1878,” he told the Conservative conference. “Our job is to prove him wrong.”
The run-up to the Birmingham conference has been dominated by infighting over Theresa May's Brexit approach, which Boris Johnson described as "deranged".
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Don’t believe the hype – Theresa May has more support than ever at this Tory conference, says Tory MP Gillian Keegan.
Writing for The Independent, she said: "I still remain hopeful that both the EU and parliament will come to their senses and agree a practical deal when the final choice comes."
She warned that prior to free trade agreements and deals being struck there will be many who are "potentially at risk" of losing their jobs.
She said: "One of the reasons people voted Brexit was immigration, of course we're still waiting to find out an immigration white paper and immigration bill.
"We want to have free trade agreements and immigration is definitely going to be a part of that, so are people going to get the immigration system they thought they were going to get when they voted to leave?"
She added: "Let's be optimistic and let's say that we're going to get these trade agreements and they can be renegotiated, we're going to have to do something in Parliament that we haven't done for 40 years, which is approve those trade deals and those treaties."
Citizens Advice Bureau has been called in to aid the highly contentious rollout of the government's flagship welfare programme, Esther McVey has revealed as she announced a £39m fund for the partnership.
Ms McVey, the work and pensions secretary, said the cash would fund advisers to help claimants get their first payment on time and be ready to manage it when it arrives.
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Three Conservative ministers support a new Brexit referendum, a former cabinet member has revealed.
Phillip Lee told a meeting of Conservatives for a People's Vote on the fringe of the party's conference in Birmingham that Tory MPs were under "huge pressure" from activists not to speak openly of their concerns about EU withdrawal.
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PA has filed this piece from an event with David Davis, the former Brexit secretary.
Chancellor Philip Hammond used forecasts he knew were inaccurate during preparations for a no-deal Brexit, David Davis has claimed.
The former Brexit secretary accused Mr Hammond of undermining negotiations and claimed he turned predictions about the impact of crashing out into "weapons".
Speaking on the fringes of the Tory conference, Mr Davis said it drove him "mad" when the Chancellor would start talking about problems at crucial points in the EU exit talks.
He said Mr Hammond "was using a forecast which internally the reports said was inaccurate and did not reflect the future" when preparations were being made for a no-deal outcome.
Ms Davidson dismissed the challenge from Labour and Jeremy Corbyn.
She said: "Let him crack on with all those 9 hour long meetings of the National Executive Committee he seems to love…
"Let get him get on with compositing motions and allowing deselections of long serving members. Let him spend his time on that.
"And instead, let us get on with facing up to the challenges of the 21st century which need our attention."
She says there is a job she is after - First Minister of Scotland - which will disappoint those who fancy her as a potential successor to Theresa May.
Scottish leader Ruth Davidson is up to rapturous applause from delegates.
She condemns the "sound and fury that passes for our politics just now", where the "extremes get ever louder and the centre falls to silence".
Davidson rules out backing another Brexit referendum. She says "the people of Scotland spoke. They said no. It's time to move on. The same message applies to Brexit."
Backing a people's vote would make her "the worst kind of hypocrite" as she has campaigned against a second independence referendum.
Brokenshire says the party must face up to the "uncomfortable truth that through decades of under-investment and lack of political will for too many a home of your own is unaffordable and out of reach".
He promises to fix the "broken housing market" through housebuilding and supporting people to save for their deposits.
He announces the creation of a new watchdog to champion home buyers, the New Homes Ombudsman, which will protect their interests and hold developers to account.
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