Gallery: Labour party conference

Delegates walk past a window decorated with a Labour party sticker on the seafront Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

The new-look conference centre Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian

Police guard the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth ahead of the start of the conference Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Armed police guard the Bournemouth International Conference Centre Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Delegates arrive at the centre on the opening day of the conference Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

The chancellor, Alistair Darling, addresses delegates in the main hall Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty

A delegate applauds during the Labour party conference Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP

Hazel Blears listens to Ed Miliband while onstage at the conference Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Media seating in the conference hall Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

A climate campaigner dressed as a polar bear poses on the beach to demand that the government cut carbon dioxide emissions by at least 80% by 2050 Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty

Police remove protesters from U-Turn for Peace as they stage a sit-down protest outside the conference centre Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Walter Wolfgang, who was ejected in 2005, listens at the Labour party conference Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Harriett Harman reacts as children interrupt a television interview in Bournemouth Photograph: Anthony Devlin/POOL/PA

Gordon Brown and his wife, Sarah, walk to the start of the conference Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty

Gordon Brown during his speech Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian

Gordon Brown addresses delegates in a full conference hall Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian