In pictures: the Conservative conference

The prime minister, David Cameron, jogs along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal before the conference begins Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Cameron talks to workers as he visits a building site in Birmingham Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

The London mayor, Boris Johnson, addresses the event Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

The chancellor, George Osborne, greets delegates Photograph: David Jones/PA

Delegates listen as Osborne speaks Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Photographers stand in front of Osborne as he delivers his speech to the conference Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Cameron listens from the crowd as Osborne delivers his keynote speech Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Sir Stuart Rose, the outgoing chairman of M&S, at the conference Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

The Downing Street head of communications, Andy Coulson, talks on a mobile phone in the press office Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Top Trump playing cards showing the faces of Conservative politicians are displayed at the conference Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Cameron has a cup of tea during his visit to a regeneration project at the Dolphin Centre in Alum Rock, Birmingham Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA

The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, delivers his keynote speech Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Clarke addresses delegates Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

The home secretary, Theresa May, gives a speech Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

May leaves the stage at the end of her speech Photograph: Martin Argles/For the Guardian

Delegates at the Birmingham conference applaud Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

The education secretary, Michael Gove, on the conference platform Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Pensioners demonstrate outside the conference before a debate on public services, crime and justice and poverty Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Cameron and his wife, Samantha, with their baby daughter, Florence, at Birmingham Moor station Photograph: Getty Images

The foreign secretary, William Hague, addresses delegates Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Liam Fox, the defence secretary, speaks on stage at the Conservative conference Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Members of the cabinet listen as Cameron delivers his keynote speech Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Samantha Cameron listens as her husband addresses the conference Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Cameron gives a thumbs-up Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Long time Conservative party member Harry Beckough is applauded during Cameron's speech Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Cameron and his wife take to the stage after the prime minister's speech Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images